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Patrick Keely

in Newport, Rhode Island (1848), the oldest Catholic Church building in the state Patrick Charles Keely (August 9, 1816 — August 11, 1896) was an Irish-American architect based in Brooklyn, New York, and Providence, Rhode Island. He designed nearly 600 churches and hundreds of other buildings for the Catholic Church or Catholic patrons in the United States and Canada, particularly in New York City, Boston and Chicago in the later half of the 19th century. He designed every 19th-century Catholic cathedral in New England. Several other church and institutional architects began their careers in his firm.

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in Newport, Rhode Island (1848), the oldest Catholic Church building in the state Patrick Charles Keely (August 9, 1816 — August 11, 1896) was an Irish-American architect based in Brooklyn, New York, and Providence, Rhode Island. He designed nearly 600 churches and hundreds of other buildings for the Catholic Church or Catholic patrons in the United States and Canada, particularly in New York City, Boston and Chicago in the later half of the 19th century. He designed every 19th-century Catholic cathedral in New England. Several other church and institutional architects began their careers in his firm.

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1816-08-09 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of death: 1876 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. date of death: 1879 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. date of death: 1889 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  5. date of death: 1896-08-11 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  6. date of establishment: 1883 — 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 "1816-08-09". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of death is "1876". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the date of death is "1879". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the date of death is "1889". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. The record states that the date of death is "1896-08-11". What evidence would count against this claim?
  7. The record states that the date of establishment is "1883". What evidence would count against this claim?
  8. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  9. 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=1368060590

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