Ashcraft

Article summary

Ashcraft is a surname. Reaney and Wilson have suggested this is a place-related surname referring to "dweller at a croft with an ash-tree"; a "croft" refers to a small parcel of land used for farming. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan E. Ashcraft Jr. (1906–1961), American politician and judge * Braxton Ashcraft (born 1999), American baseball player * Forrest Ashcraft (1922–2004), American politician * Graham Ashcraft (born 1998), American baseball player * Hale Ashcraft (1920–2010), American politician * Karen Ashcraft (living), American academic * Mark H. Ashcraft (1949–2022), American academic * Percy Ashcraft (living), American politician and local government official * Richard Ashcraft (1938–1995), American academic * Tami Oldham Ashcraft (born 1960), American sailor and author * Thomas Ashcraft (born 1951), American astronomer, naturalist, scientific instrument-maker, artist

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1960 — 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 "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of birth is "1960". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
5. 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=1352665640