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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-11 · 25 entries checked · 12 flagged · 25 issues confirmed · 12 corrected · 13 still open
Golding Bird — The claim that Bird founded the Christian Medical Association is not supported by widely-known historical records; the Christian Medical Association (UK) was founded later and not by Bird.
William Cruickshank (chemist) — The entry states that Cruickshank discovered the chloralkali process in 1800, but this process was developed later by others, notably Humphry Davy.
William Robert Grove — The entry states Grove met Emma Maria Powles at the Royal Institution in 1829, but established biographies indicate they met at the home of a mutual friend.
Robert Hare (chemist) — The claim that Hare worked with Edward Daniel Clarke of Oxford to create and test the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe 'shortly after 1800' is misleading. Hare independently invented the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe in 1801; Clarke later improved or popularized it, but they did
John C. Lincoln — John C. Lincoln did not found the Lincoln Electric Company as it is known today; his brother James F. Lincoln was the key figure in the modern company, and John's earlier 1895 entity was a different one.
John C. Lincoln — John C. Lincoln did not hold 55 patents specifically on electrical devices; many of his patents were for non-electrical inventions such as mining equipment.
Gaston Planté — The entry states Planté was promoted to Professor of Physics at the Polytechnic Association for the Development of Popular Instruction in 1860, where an amphitheatre is named after him, but the amphitheatre named after Planté is at the Conservatoire National d
Johann Christian Poggendorff — The mirror galvanometer was not developed by Poggendorff in 1826; it was invented by Johann Schweigger in 1820 and later improved by others, including Poggendorff, but the specific claim of development in 1826 is incorrect.
Johann Christian Poggendorff — The Poggendorff Illusion was not discovered by Poggendorff in a drawing by Zöllner in 1860; it was first described by Zöllner in 1860, and Poggendorff noted the illusion in Zöllner's figure, but the discovery is attributed to Zöllner, not Poggendorff.
Samuel Ruben — The entry states Ruben was born in Harrison, New Jersey, but widely accepted sources list his birthplace as New York City.
Samuel Ruben — The entry says Ruben held more than 200 patents with a lifetime total exceeding 300, which is contradictory and imprecise; reliable sources state he held over 300 patents total.
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