Talk:Ernest Shackleton: Difference between revisions

 

:::::First off, my apologies for not accurately describing the political situation in Ireland at the time of Shackleton's birth. Is it safe to say that he was born a subject of Queen Victoria (and remained a subject of the British monarch the rest of his life)? Second, his [[Anglo-Irish]] family moved to greater London when he was about 10 years old, and he was typically seen as a British person the rest of his life (though the article notes this view was not always shared bu Irish newspapers). Third, as far as precedents go, I think on Wikipedia the rule is to identify a person's nationality by the country s/he spends most of his or her life in - thus [[C.D. Howe]], who was born in the United States of America but moved to Cananda at age 23, is described as Canadian in the lead of his article (also a FA). Thanks, [[User:Ruhrfisch|Ruhrfisch]] '''[[User talk:Ruhrfisch|_{<font color="green">&gt;&lt;&gt;</font>}<small>&deg;</small>^{<small>&deg;</small>}]]''' 21:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)