Eric Ormsby

Article summary

Eric Linn Ormsby (born 1941 in Atlanta, Georgia) is deputy head of academic research and publications at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. He was formerly the Director of Libraries and a professor at McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies, where he also served as director. He has published widely on Islamic thought, including Theodicy in Islamic Thought (1984). Ormsby has had six collections of poetry published, including Bavarian Shrine and Other Poems (1990), which won a Quebec prize for the best poetry of that year. His poems have been published in The New Yorker and The Paris Review, and have been anthologized in The Norton Anthology of Poetry.

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1. date of birth: 1941 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. publication date: 1984 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. publication date: 1990 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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2. The record states that the date of birth is "1941". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the publication date is "1984". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the publication date is "1990". What evidence would count against this claim?
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6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356284672