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Ranulph

Ranulph is a masculine given name of Norman origin. Ranulph is a composite name, from "Ran-," which comes from the Old Norse "rann" ("house") or Germanic "ragn" ("advice" or "power"), with "-ulf," from the Old Norse word "úlfr" ("wolf"), cognate with Danish "ulv," Icelandic "úlfur," Swedish "ulv," Norwegian "ulv," and Faroese "úlvur." Notable people with the name Ranulph include: *Ranulph (Archdeacon of Leicester) (fl. 1092) *Ranulph Bacon QPM (1906–1988), British police officer *Ranulph Brito or Le Breton (died 1246), canon of St. Paul's *Ranulph Crewe (1558–1646), English judge and Chief Justice of the King's Bench *Ranulph Dacre (1797–1884), British master mariner and merchant active in Australia and New Zealand *Ranulph de Mortimer (bef. 1070 to c. 1104), a Marcher Lord in the Welsh Marches *Ranulph Drengot (d. 1045), Norman adventurer and mercenary in southern Italy *Ranulph Fiennes, OBE (born 1944), British explorer, writer and poet, who holds several endurance records *Ranulph Glanville (1946–2014), Anglo-Irish cybernetician and design theorist *Ranulph Neville, 1st Baron Neville (1262–1331), English nobleman *Robert Ranulph Marett (1866–1943), British ethnologist from Jersey *John Ranulph Vincent, Dean of Bloemfontein, in South Africa, from 1892, and afterwards of Grahamstown, 1912–1914

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Ranulph is a masculine given name of Norman origin. Ranulph is a composite name, from "Ran-," which comes from the Old Norse "rann" ("house") or Germanic "ragn" ("advice" or "power"), with "-ulf," from the Old Norse word "úlfr" ("wolf"), cognate with Danish "ulv," Icelandic "úlfur," Swedish "ulv," Norwegian "ulv," and Faroese "úlvur." Notable people with the name Ranulph include: *Ranulph (Archdeacon of Leicester) (fl. 1092) *Ranulph Bacon QPM (1906–1988), British police officer *Ranulph Brito or Le Breton (died 1246), canon of St. Paul's *Ranulph Crewe (1558–1646), English judge and Chief Justice of the King's Bench *Ranulph Dacre (1797–1884), British master mariner and merchant active in Australia and New Zealand *Ranulph de Mortimer (bef. 1070 to c. 1104), a Marcher Lord in the Welsh Marches *Ranulph Drengot (d. 1045), Norman adventurer and mercenary in southern Italy *Ranulph Fiennes, OBE (born 1944), British explorer, writer and poet, who holds several endurance records *Ranulph Glanville (1946–2014), Anglo-Irish cybernetician and design theorist *Ranulph Neville, 1st Baron Neville (1262–1331), English nobleman *Robert Ranulph Marett (1866–1943), British ethnologist from Jersey *John Ranulph Vincent, Dean of Bloemfontein, in South Africa, from 1892, and afterwards of Grahamstown, 1912–1914

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  1. date of birth: 1944 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of death: 1246 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  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 "1944". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of death is "1246". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. 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=1289456379

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