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Comment: www.gracesguide.co.uk is user edited so is not reliable and cannot be used Theroadislong (talk) 14:22, 15 October 2024 (UTC)- Comment: Sources like Wikipedia and the Daily Mail are not considered reliable for use on Wikipedia. UserMemer (chat) Tribs 13:07, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
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- Comment: Reads like a family history project and t is not entirely clear what makes them notable in Wikipedia terms. Theroadislong (talk) 06:29, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Gigantic lists of publications,papers, articles etc is not helpful. Theroadislong (talk) 17:32, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Most of these sources are his own works...they are not required, we need to see what independent sources say about him. Theroadislong (talk) 15:09, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: You are writing this WP:BACKWARDS You should gather the published sources and report on what they say, NOT what you know through your connection. "His travels are chronicled in photograph albums owned by his estate," is irrelevant as they have not been published. Theroadislong (talk) 13:26, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
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The writer requests that the entry be "Colin Wyatt". An editor changed it from the full name of "Colin William fforde Wyatt "to "Colin William Wyatt." The subject never or rarely used the name Colin William Wyatt. The subject used the name "Colin Wyatt". The full name was given to distinguish from a very different Colin Wyatt; the writer has been reading about disambiguation and it would appear that a reader/searcher would easily find which Colin Wyatt they seek, plus I understand that a Wikipedia editor would decide about disambiguation. For example: Not to be confused with Colin Wyatt (illustrator)
Colin Wyatt | |
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| Born | 1909 February 8 London, England |
| Died | 1975 November 18 Guatemala, Central America |
| Occupation(s) | Ski-racer, ski-jumper, ski-mountaineer, artist, lepidopterist, author and photographer, world traveller |
| Known for | British ski-racer and ski jumping record holder (1928,1929,1931)
Ski-mountaineering achievements in New Zealand, Lapland and North Africa Lepidopterist who rediscovered rare Parnassius autocrator butterfly in Afghanistan Theft of butterflies from Australian museums |
Colin Wyatt (8 February 1909 – 18 November 1975) was a record-holding British ski-racer, ski-jumper and ski mountaineer; artist; lepidopterist; author and photographer; world traveller.
Born in Marylebone, London, he was christened Colin William fforde Wyatt but went by the name Colin Wyatt. He attended Le Rosey school, Switzerland and a crammer's before going to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[1] He studied art in Paris and London. After university, he pursued a career as an artist, in combination with competing in winter ski sports and ski mountaineering. He travelled extensively throughout his life.
Wyatt achieved national and international recognition as a ski jumper and cross-country skier, and also as a ski-racer in the newly-developing categories of slalom and downhill. He was invited, as a winter sports expert, to New Zealand to advise on the development of ski sports and tourism.
He had successful solo exhibitions as an artist but ceased painting after World War II and turned to making a living from writing, photography, and documentary films related to his travels.
Wyatt created a very large private collection of mainly Holarctic butterflies. As a field collector, he discovered a remote mountain species believed to be extinct; but he also achieved lasting notoriety for the theft of butterflies from two Australian museums for inclusion in his collection.
In 1975, while returning from a little-known and unexcavated pre-Columbian site in Guatemala, Wyatt died in an airplane crash in the mountains.[2]
- ^ F.J.P. (1929). "The Blues". The Caian. XXXVIII (1): 4–6.
- ^ "Crash of a Douglas C-47-DL near El Caoba: 15 killed". Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. 22 October 2024.