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Killip

Killip is a surname of Manx origin. It is a contraction of the Irish and Manx Gaelic surname Mac Fhilib or MacPhilip meaning "son of Philip". Henry Harrison gives an additional proposed origin for the surname as belonging to Killhope, Durham, England. Notable people with the surname include: *Ben Killip (born 1995), English footballer *Bert Killip (1879–1941), British socialist activist *Chris Killip (1946–2020), Manx photographer *Ellsworth Paine Killip (1890–1968), American botanist *Rowan Killip, New Zealand-American mathematician

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Killip is a surname of Manx origin. It is a contraction of the Irish and Manx Gaelic surname Mac Fhilib or MacPhilip meaning "son of Philip". Henry Harrison gives an additional proposed origin for the surname as belonging to Killhope, Durham, England. Notable people with the surname include: *Ben Killip (born 1995), English footballer *Bert Killip (1879–1941), British socialist activist *Chris Killip (1946–2020), Manx photographer *Ellsworth Paine Killip (1890–1968), American botanist *Rowan Killip, New Zealand-American mathematician

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1995 — 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 "1995". 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=1366080212

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