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Esens

Esens may signify: ;Places * Esens, Lower Saxony, a municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany * Esens (Samtgemeinde), a "collective municipality" in Lower Saxony, Germany ;People * Hero Oomkens von Esens, a Frisian nobleman (c. 1455 – 1522) * Balthasar Oomkens von Esens, was a Frisian nobleman (died 1540) * Chief Esens or Thomas Little Shell, an Ojibwa chief (-1901) * Tevfik Esenç, the last known speaker of the Ubykh language (1904–1992)

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Esens may signify: ;Places * Esens, Lower Saxony, a municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany * Esens (Samtgemeinde), a "collective municipality" in Lower Saxony, Germany ;People * Hero Oomkens von Esens, a Frisian nobleman (c. 1455 – 1522) * Balthasar Oomkens von Esens, was a Frisian nobleman (died 1540) * Chief Esens or Thomas Little Shell, an Ojibwa chief (-1901) * Tevfik Esenç, the last known speaker of the Ubykh language (1904–1992)

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  1. date of death: 1540 — 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 death is "1540". 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=928989113

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