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I also noticed the differences in year (1811 versus 1812). The king's last bout of illness began in 1811 til his death, so any hallucinations could have occurred in either year. On further inspection I'm inclined to go with Black's date (he's a more established historian). Will fix in article.
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I think it would be better to remove the Jenner sentence altogether, as it refers to events 14 years later. For that matter, I don't see the point of the sentence about what happened 61 years earlier in 1721 either. So I suggest the first paragraph of "Death and Aftermath" should simply read:
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You've raised some good points. The sources I use unfortunately don't answer the above questions, but I'll do some more research in the next few days. Because of his age, Prince Alfred is naturally not the focus of most historians and biographers, limiting the info out there. :/ Thanks,
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The text says that Jenner introduced inoculation in 1796 - I believe this is correct. It then says Prince Alfred was inoculated in 1782 - fourteen years earlier. Was this a Jenner style inoculation or variolation, a much more dangerous procedure? The current text is not clear at all.
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Alfred is also unique among their first fourteen children for never being an older sibling while he was alive, as the only child younger than him was born after his death
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During the time of Prince Alfred, smallpox was a disease dreaded by royalty and commoners alike, and due to a lack of medical development, it was frequently fatal.
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I added one wikilink, but would say the others probably aren't notable enough for their own articles. I can always add the red links if you want though
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Around 1796, Edward Jenner introduced inoculation, a novel method of smallpox immunisation... In 1782, Prince Alfred was inoculated against smallpox.
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there's a mention of how he preferred his children while they were young, and a different year is given for the conversations with the dead princes.
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Variolation, its precursor, was popularised in Britain when the daughters of King George II, then Prince of Wales, underwent the procedure in 1721.
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If inoculation was not introduced until 1796, how was Alfred inoculated 14 years earlier? The article contradicts itself here. If I understand the
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mentions the grief of the king, but agrees with your date for the conversations. A search through some scholarly articles throws up nothing much.
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You could mention the dispute in a footnote, perhaps? In an article this short, it's perhaps worth going into as much detail as possible.
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Given that another editor noticed the contradiction (see next section), I have removed the sentence about Jenner's inoculation.
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Interesting subject, and it's always going to be an interesting article, as there is so little to say. Review coming soon.
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Can't find anything useful on this. I'll keep looking in my general reading, but it probably won't be found soon.
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to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
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If he were closer to the throne, I would add it in. But ninth-in-line isn't all that important.
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What was he in line for the throne upon his birth? Ninth, as the ninth son? (Probably obvious)
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Around 1796, Edward Jenner introduced inoculation, a novel method of smallpox immunisation.
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I am now happy to promote- I doubt much more could be done with this article. Good work!
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They were interred in the Royal Family Vault. Not sure why- will research further
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article correctly, Jenner did not introduce inoculation; he introduced an
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Your call. I wondered why it wasn't in, then thought that it was obvious.
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Looking for further sources, I can barely find a mention of him.
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Yes, he was ninth in line- do you think this should be added?
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Queen Charlotte, Alfred's mother, was a lifelong advocate of
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I can't find anything on it. I would assume he's named after
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for additional information. I made the following changes:
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Are the unlinked people on the family tree worth redlinks?
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I edited this a bit; hopefully it looks more clear.
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