Talk:William Sewell (author)

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Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: move. I'll leave one of you to creating a disambiguation page. -- tariqabjotu 16:52, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

William Sewell → William Sewell (author) – Based on May 2013 page views, this is not the primary topic. Schwede 66 05:15, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

article	views
William Sewell	232
William Joyce Sewell	368
William H. Sewell	408
William H. Sewell, Jr.	341
William Sewell (cricketer)	63

Comment, and your evidence for that is.....? Zarcadia (talk) 10:12, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fair comment. I have added page views. Schwede 66 18:58, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, a quick look at Google Books suggests that he probably is the primary topic. In ictu oculi (talk) 14:47, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral he's still the primary in Google Books, however not opposed to a move to William Sewell (English writer), disambiguator since he also wrote non-fiction and history as did William H. Sewell, Jr..

Comment, I'm happy with the alternative disambiguator. In fact, my motivation for this to go through a formal process rather than me boldly moving this page was that I wasn't sure about the most appropriate dab. Schwede 66 01:39, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support replace with a disambiguation page. -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 00:22, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support move to William Sewell (English writer). Too many other possibilities, especially given the page count boost from people looking for the other guys landing on his page. Red Slash 18:20, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Thanks! I've dealt with the post-move tidy up. Schwede 66 19:45, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Seeking to establish relations[edit]

1. R. B. Seymour Sewell is the nephew of William Sewell (author). Link below is R.B.'s Wiki page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._B._Seymour_Sewell

The Wikipage text establishes his kinship:

"Sewell was born in 1880 in Leamington, Warwickshire. His father was the reverend Arthur Sewell, and his mother was Mary Lee (née Waring).[4] His grandfather was Robert Burleigh Sewell (1810–1872), who had a number of notable siblings, including Richard Clarke Sewell (1803–1864), William Sewell (1804–1874), Henry Sewell (1807–1879), James Edwards Sewell (1810–1903), and Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906).[5]"

2. Also, Elizabeth Sewell, the poet and writer, is William Sewell's (author) great-granddaughter - R.B. Sewell's second daughter... Her Wiki page establishes her relation to her father:

Elizabeth Sewell (writer)

"Furthermore, Elizabeth Sewell (the later) is considered to have written the classic work in Nonsense Literature: <u>The Field of Nonsense</u> as well as have written the equally classic work, <u>The Orphic Voice</u>. Below is but one reference bestowing the classic credential on the former work:

by PJ Lucas · 1991 — the author of the '''classic''' book on '''Nonsense''', '''The Field of Nonsense'''. (London, 1952), considers "'''Nonsense''' Verse and the Child", in which quoting Lady Macbeth, Tripfornow (talk) 22:58, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]