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Mountfort

Mountfort is a surname and may be: * Benjamin Mountfort (1825–1898), English-born New Zealand architect * Charles Mountfort (1854–1941) New Zealand surveyor * Cyril Mountfort (1853–1920) New Zealand ecclesiastical architect * Guy Mountfort (1905–2003), English advertising executive, amateur ornithologist and conservationist * William de Mountfort (13th c.), English medieval canon law scholar, singer, churchman, and university chancellor * William Mountfort (disambiguation) * Mountford family, various

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Mountfort is a surname and may be: * Benjamin Mountfort (1825–1898), English-born New Zealand architect * Charles Mountfort (1854–1941) New Zealand surveyor * Cyril Mountfort (1853–1920) New Zealand ecclesiastical architect * Guy Mountfort (1905–2003), English advertising executive, amateur ornithologist and conservationist * William de Mountfort (13th c.), English medieval canon law scholar, singer, churchman, and university chancellor * William Mountfort (disambiguation) * Mountford family, various

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1854 — 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 "1854". 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=1300614358

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