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Allingham

Allingham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cedric Allingham, fictional British writer of a 1954 book in which he claimed to have encountered the pilot of a Martian spacecraft * Helen Allingham (1848–1926), British watercolourist and illustrator * Henry Allingham (1896–2009), English supercentenarian, World War I veteran and briefly the world's oldest living man * Herbert Allingham (1867–1936), English editor and writer * Herbert William Allingham (1862–1904), British surgeon * John Till Allingham (1776–1812), English dramatist * Margery Allingham (1904–1966), English crime writer * Maurice Allingham (1896–1993), Australian rules footballer * Michael Allingham (born 1943), British economist * Mike Allingham (born 1965), Scottish cricketer * William Allingham (1824–1889), Irish man of letters and poet Places: * Allingham, Queensland, town in Australia

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Allingham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cedric Allingham, fictional British writer of a 1954 book in which he claimed to have encountered the pilot of a Martian spacecraft * Helen Allingham (1848–1926), British watercolourist and illustrator * Henry Allingham (1896–2009), English supercentenarian, World War I veteran and briefly the world's oldest living man * Herbert Allingham (1867–1936), English editor and writer * Herbert William Allingham (1862–1904), British surgeon * John Till Allingham (1776–1812), English dramatist * Margery Allingham (1904–1966), English crime writer * Maurice Allingham (1896–1993), Australian rules footballer * Michael Allingham (born 1943), British economist * Mike Allingham (born 1965), Scottish cricketer * William Allingham (1824–1889), Irish man of letters and poet Places: * Allingham, Queensland, town in Australia

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1943 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1943". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335474778

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.