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2007 Unfilled requests

April-May 2007

William McCrum

I'm trying to find the obituary of William McCrum. This FIFA page mentions 'In 1932 an obituary appeared in a Northern Ireland paper in Milford, County Armagh'. I don't know the exact date of the obit' or which paper it was in but it must have been in late December as he died 'just before Christmas'. Sorry for the vagueness, any hints appreciated. JMiall 15:51, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is an obit in the Irish Times (22 Dec 1932); William McCrum died 21 Dec 1932: Irish Times 1932 contains link to original source.—Ash (talk) 13:38, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

July-August 2007

Jelqing

"There has been only one study on “jelqing” done by Dr. Brian Richards in the late 1970s. The British Journal of Sexual Medicine published the results. According to the study, 87 percent of men had positive results." [1]. Does anyone have access or exact bibliographical reference? [2] -- Thanx Cherubino 12:46, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The only remotely similar reference I could find in Pubmed was Richards BA. "Mechanical aids to sex." Br J Sex Med. 1975 Oct;2(5):33-5, 37. No abstract available. PMID: 830127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]." This is probably it, but I don't have access to the journal. The term doesn't appear anywhere in PubMed, which is pretty suspicious. -- phoebe/(talk) 01:07, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2011

Dictionary of Business Biography and Who Was Who

N - no point in cluttering this page with the outstanding requests any longer. The article got GA status without the info, & I can live with that. - Sitush (talk) 00:05, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to track down biographical information for the article on Churchill Machine Tool Company and would be grateful if anyone has access to either or both of the Dictionary of Business Biography (ed: David J Jeremy, Butterworths 1984-86, 5 volumes, isbn for the first is 0406273413) ~~or really old copies of Who Was Who~~ could see look into any available entries for:

* Sir Greville Simpson Maginness (born 1888)

Arthur Chamberlain (d. circa 1941 - not his father, who had same name and who died in 1913) - sorted, thanks to user:Smallman12q

Herbert Chamberlain (1845-1904)

Walter Chamberlain (b. 1847)

Charles Churchill (b. 1838, USA - d. Feb 1916)

John William Wright Gabriel (b. 1860)

~~All of the above were directors of Charles Churchill & Co Ltd and/or The Churchill Machine Tool Co Ltd. & they mostly had fingers in many pies.~~

Also, the article on Maginness in the periodical Sheet Metal Industries, volume 25 (1948) p. 1997 - there is a snippet view here [3]. Long list, sorry, but thanks for any assistance. Sitush (talk) 05:48, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am pretty sure that this Sheet Metal Industries item is available for full view in the US - if anyone in the USA is prepared to check this then I'd be grateful. It looks like it might fill a few gaps. - Sitush (talk) 09:51, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, it looks like its just snippet view in the US as well. GabrielF (talk) 15:04, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks for trying. I'll leave this up for another week and then strike it. Looks like I'll have to find someone prepared to dig around in the British Library/Cambridge University Library - Sitush (talk) 15:23, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hans Gierke and Joseph Disse

Resolved

I am looking for a copy of this article:

Koseki T. Hans Gierke and Joseph Disse; foreign teachers of anatomy at Tokyo University early in the Meiji Era (part I). Nippon Ishigaku Zasshi. 1982 Jul;28(3):317-27. PMID 11616066

I'm aware that it's written in Japanese (a friend of mine will help me with translation). There is no other article indexed in PubMed that deals with dr Hans Paul Bernhard Gierke (1847-1886). It may contain a photo of Gierke, too.

It may be tough to find this article, I'll really appreciate this. Thank you. Filip em (talk) 21:27, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Czesc, I have Gierke's obituary for you (in German), maybe it is helpful: [4]. Please leave me a short note when you've downloaded it. And if you would like to find out more about Gierke, feel free to ask at de:WP:BIBA, the German resource request page. --тнояsтеn ⇔ 22:37, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I got it. I have found some other sources to Gierke's biography, so I have started the articles for pl:, de: and en:wikipedia. However, the Japanese period in Gierke's biography seems to be somewhat mysterious (so is his disease). If someone could be of help, it would be great. Cheers, Filip em (talk) 17:17, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That Koseki paper, OCLC 113471412, is held in 20 different major libraries (mostly universities in the US, UK, and Germany). Follow the link and plug in your zip/postcode to find one near you. If none, I'm sure someone can help out. You might even be able to get it by Interlibrary loan. Cheers. LeadSongDog come howl! 21:57, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to get it for you at Berlin State Library but the requested issue is not available there. --тнояsтеn ⇔ 12:02, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I tried Staatsbibliothek too. I'll try Wellcome Library maybe. Thank you for your efforts on this. Filip em (talk) 19:22, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]