Shurtleff

Article summary

Shurtleff is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Shurtleff (1870–1957), American urban planner * Bert Shurtleff (1897–1967), National Football League player in the 1920s * Edward D. Shurtleff (1863–1936), American jurist and politician * Mark Shurtleff (born 1957), former attorney general of Utah * Michael Shurtleff (1920–2007), actor and casting director * Nathaniel B. Shurtleff (1810–1874), politician and 20th mayor of Boston, Massachusetts * Roswell Morse Shurtleff (1838–1915), American painter and illustrator * William Lewis Shurtleff (1864–1954), attorney for Harry Kendall Thaw * William Shurtleff (born 1941), American writer about soy foods * Logan Shurtleff (born 2007), known for the Shurtmetric System

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1957 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1941 — 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 "1957". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of birth is "1941". 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=1349257065