Template:Did you know nominations/Edward Porter Alexander

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:45, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Edward Porter Alexander

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... that artillery expert Edward Porter Alexander (pictured) went on to become a teacher of mathematics and a railway executive?

Improved to Good Article status by Wizardman (talk), Dank (talk). Nominated by Matty.007 (talk) at 12:47, 16 July 2014 (UTC).

ALT1: ... that American Civil War artillery expert Edward Porter Alexander (pictured) ascended in an observation balloon during battle, and was later a mathematics teacher and a railway executive? EEng (talk) 02:06, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
- (for Alt1) Newness: Recently promoted to GA status. Article is definitely long enough. Citations look good. Hook citation checks out. QPQ not needed. Hook is formatted properly. Picture is in the public domain. Nice article. --El on ka 04:08, 27 July 2014 (UTC)