User:Nolabob
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Born | New Orleans |
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Country | United States |
Current location | Colorado Pennsylvania (at times) |
Languages | English Spanish (limited) |
Time zone | MDT |
Current time | Current time for UTC-6 is 14:08 |
Personality type | INTJ |
Family and friends | |
Marital status | married |
Children | 2 |
Siblings | 1 |
Education and employment | |
Occupation | Research scientist |
Employer | retired |
Education | PhD |
High school | Jesuit High School of New Orleans |
College | Tulane University |
University | University of California, Berkeley |
Account statistics | |
Joined | 14 February 2011 |
Edit count | 10,000+ |
I currently reside in Denver, Colorado, in the United States. For many years, I resided in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where I lived when I first began contributions to the Wikipedia and some of its sister projects. I still spend a significant amount of time in Pennsylvania.
I earned a PhD in Chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley, which explains my particular interest in matters related to Chemistry and Materials on the Wikipedia.
I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, which explains why I have done so much Wikipedia editing on matters related to New Orleans. I am also an alumnus of Tulane University in New Orleans with a BS in Chemistry, having graduated from Jesuit High School of New Orleans in 1974.
Original Articles, listed below in the order in which I wrote them. Perhaps the quality improved as I became more experienced.
- Hap Glaudi, sports journalist
- Mel Leavitt, television journalist and historian
- Charles L. Dufour, humorist and writer
- Charles C. Bass, innovator in medicine and dentistry
- Adrien de Pauger, cartographer for the original design of New Orleans
- James A. Knight, medical ethicist
- Abraham Louis Levin, medical innovator
- Irish Bayou, community in New Orleans
- Stanhope Bayne-Jones, medical scientist
- Southern Regional Research Center, research on agriculture and agricultural products
- Alexander John Drysdale, artist
- Paul E. Poincy, artist
- Andres Molinary, artist
- William C. Drinkard, scientist and inventor
- Beulah Levy Ledner, pastry chef
- Frank Joseph Davis, writer and television journalist
- Nylon Rope Trick, scientific demonstration
- My Brother's Keeper Challenge
- Maria Vicenta Rosal, Latin American religious leader and feminist
- Herbert S. Eleuterio, scientist and inventor
- Constant C. Dejoie, Sr., civic leader and businessman
- Robert Bledsoe Mayfield, artist
- Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
- Eleanor McMain, leader of progressive movements
- Barcelona Guitar Orchestra
- Albert W. Dent, civic leader and academic administrator
- Edgar B. Stern Sr, philanthropist
- Michael T. Dugan, academic
- Clifton H. Johnson, historian
- Cary 14 Spectrophotometer, scientific instrument
- Arnold Thackray, science historian
- Dog Aging Project
- Mardi Gras Doubloons
- Jerome LeDoux, priest
- Arthur Perry, college basketball coach
- Bayou Metairie, stranded distributary in southeast Louisiana
- Bartholomew Fussell, abolitionist
- Edith Rosenwald Stern, philanthropist
- Charles E. Fenner, New Orleans businessperson of Merrill Lynch fame
- Nehemiah Atkinson, professional tennis player and coach in New Orleans
- Royal D. Suttkus, ichthyologist, founder of a major collection of fishes
- New Orleans Recreation Department
- Historic Cemeteries of New Orleans
- William C. Edenborn, Louisiana industrialist and inventor
- Paul Crawford, jazz musician and historian
- Curtis and Davis Architects and Engineers
- Leon C. Weiss, "Huey Long's architect"
- Schwegmann Brothers Giant Supermarkets, early big box retailer
- Sara T. Mayo, physician and humanitarian reformer
- Werlein's for Music, long-standing music retailer and publisher that served New Orleans
- Christian Street Historic District, aka Black Doctors' Row
- Leon C. Megginson, noted for his clarifying statement about Darwinism
- Robert W. Tebbs, architectural photographer noted for photoessay of defunct plantation homes
- Hogan Jazz Archive of Tulane University
- Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, musician, professor, inventor
- Elijah F. Pennypacker, abolitionist
- Basilica of St. Stephen (New Orleans)
- Curtis Imrie, pack burro racer
- Jean-Louis Dolliole, architect who was a free person of color
- Lory Schaff, leader in adult literacy education
- Herman Neugass, Athlete and Olympic boycotter
- A Studio in the Woods, environmental art studio
- Richard Koch, architectural preservationist and photographer
- Leonard Spangenberg, New Orleans architect
- New Orleans Arts and Crafts Club, organization for modernist art & historic preservation
- Mona Minkara, scientist & advocate for the visually impaired
- Shipcarpenter Square, historic residential neighborhood in Lewes
- L'Union, African-American newspaper
- Solari's, gourmet food store in New Orleans
- Le Moniteur De La Louisiane, First newspaper in Louisiana
Significant Contributions to:
- George E. Burch, medical researcher
- List of people from New Orleans, Louisiana
- William Bruce Mumford, figure in the US Civil War
- National World War II Museum
- Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans
- Irish Channel, New Orleans
- My Gal Sal, historical aircraft
- Jesuit Bend, Louisiana
- John Churchill Chase, editorial cartoonist
- Rachel Lloyd, scientist
- Earl L. Muetterties, scientist
- Wayne Mack, television journalist
- Mr. Bingle, fictional character
- Amistad Research Center
- pH Meter, scientific instrument
- Spectronic 20, scientific instrument
- Eamon Kelly, Tulane University administrator
- Explorer Wendell Phillips
- Albert C. Ledner, architect
- Scientific celebrity
- George Bissell, pioneer of the oil industry in the United States
- Struble Trail, multi-use recreational trail in Chester County, PA
- Ernie Freeman, jazz musician
- Holt Cemetery, historic potter's field in New Orleans
- Wilhelm Ostwald, scientist, father of physical chemistry
- Saul Hertz, physician-scientist
- Annie Trumbull Slosson, fiction writer and entomologist
- Chalmette National Cemetery
- Otto Schott, inventor of high quality optics
- Ralph E. Oesper, science historian
- Klaus Grutzka, industrial artist
- Antonio Neri, priest and pioneer in the science of glass-making
- Philip P. Werlein, music publisher and retailer
- Amelia Laskey, ornithologist and autodidact
- Calutron Girls, a group of Manhattan Project workers
- Virginia Holsinger, food scientist
- John Duffy, medical historian
- Agnes Pockels, colloid scientist and autodidact
- Walter Lear, physician and social activist
- Joan Luedders Wolfe, environmental activist
- Althea Sherman, ornithologist
- Cordelia Stanwood, ornithologist
- Henri Devaux, surface scientist & religious philosopher
- Alan Charlton, British diplomat
- Langenstein's, local grocery store chain in New Orleans
- St. Frances Cabrini Church, RC Church built in a modernist design
- Sasha Suda, CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Ernest Lagarde, literary scholar of Louisiana Creole descent (mostly copyediting)
- Pine Grove Furnace Prisoner of War Interrogation Camp, WWII facility in PA
- Christopher Drew, investigative journalist
- Robert H. Socolow, environmental scientist
- Edward Baquet, Creole restaurateur & civil rights activist
- Arnaud's, older, well-established Louisiana Creole restaurant
I have edited many other articles, too numerous to list here. I started contributing to the Wikipedia in February 2011. In addition, I have uploaded many photographs to the Wikimedia Commons and am beginning contributions to Wikivoyage. I usually have something under development in my sandboxes:
- E. William Jensen
- Green Valley Ranch
- Thomas H. Clancy, S.J.
- Annabelle Bernard, New Orleans born opera singer
I have interest at present in upgrading the articles on Nina Floy Bracelin, and gas lighting, as well as several others not listed here.
I have a test platform. Here is a user subpage with a list of tools.
Beginning in March 2017, I volunteered to assist the Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Science History Institute. In this capacity, I have made significant contributions to, edited extensively, or originated, the articles listed below. The position of Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Science History Institute ceased to exist as a result of the economic downturn from the 2020 global pandemic.
- pH Meter, scientific instrument
- Spectronic 20, scientific instrument
- Cary 14 Spectrophotometer, scientific instrument
- Arnold Thackray, science historian
- Leroy Hood, biologist, inventor of several scientific instruments
- Carl Axel Arrhenius, early chemist, research led to discovery of several elements
- Nils Johan Berlin, early chemist, devised means of separating rare earth elements
- Jöns Jacob Berzelius, chemist, important in the early history of the field
- Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand, Swedish chemist who made contributions to the forerunner of the periodic table
- Bohuslav Brauner, Czech chemist who contributed to understanding periodicity, atomic weights and rare earth chemistry
- Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, chemist, discoverer of several elements, pioneer in the field of spectroscopy
- Fritz Strassmann, nuclear chemist whose pioneering research led to discovery of nuclear fission.
- Harold G. Richter, nuclear chemist and environmental chemist
- Friedrich Wöhler, early pioneer in organic chemistry
- Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist
In December 2019, I created my first article for Wikiquote, that on Julius Rosenwald. This link is to my WikiQuote user page which lists my original articles for Wikiquote. I also originate WikiData items, usually for subjects that might not meet the notability threshold of Wikipedia or subjects for which there might not yet be sufficient verifiable references. Perhaps I could more accurately describe myself as a "Wikimedian" than a "Wikipedian".
I participate regularly in the Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia WikiSalons.
On January 1, 2022, the article I originated on the Christian Street Historic District achieved Did You Know status. The article about Curtis Imrie was a DYK on August 9, 2022.
As of February 2022, the article on Calutron Girls achieved Good Article status, an article for which I completed extensive upgrades.
In October 2022, I completed NPP Reviewer training and became an approved New Page Reviewer effective October 24, 2022.
Beginning on August 13, 2022, I began serving as a reviewer for articles nominated for Good Article status. As of August 22, 2022, I have completed three GA nomination reviews (passing two and failing one).
In October 2019, I received my first barnstar.
In August 2022, I awarded my first barnstar.
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This user has visited 43 of the 206 countries in the world. |
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