Talk:Angela Gallop

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A fact from Angela Gallop appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 April 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that forensic scientist Angela Gallop has investigated the stomach contents of Diana, Princess of Wales, alleged alien abductions, and the presence of boar sperm in a hospital patient's intestines?

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The result was: promoted by Z1720 (talk) 01:00, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Angela Gallop's 48-year-long career has seen her investigate the contents of Princess Diana's stomach, alleged alien abductions, and the presence of boar sperm in a hospital patient's intestines? Source:
The queen of crime-solving; Forensic scientist Angela Gallop talks about her work on Britain’s most high-profile cases
- ALT1: ... that forensic scientist Angela Gallop has investigated the contents of Diana, Princess of Wales's stomach, alleged alien abductions, and the presence of boar sperm in a hospital patient's intestines?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Vanita Jagdeo Borade

5x expanded by Surtsicna (talk). Self-nominated at 20:12, 27 March 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Prefer the slightly more succinct ALT1 Paul W (talk) 15:28, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted ALT1 to Prep 2. Z1720 (talk) 01:00, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Place of birth

Was Gallop born in the United States? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:22, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

According to the Famous Birthdays website, she was. I am not sure how reliable it is. No other website I've seen mentions the US when discussing her... in any context, actually. Oxford is definitely where she grew up. Perhaps someone with a subscription to Who's Who could shed some light. Surtsicna (talk) 17:56, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I saw that site and thought it was probably deprecated or considered wholly unreliable. But I've been able to log into Who's Who online with my local library card, and her (quite modest) entry says this:

"Born Oxford 2 Jan. 1950; d of Kenneth Knowles and Eunice Knowles; partner, David Russell; one s by a previous marriage".

So I will add. Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:43, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Martinevans123. That is quite a modest entry indeed. Interestingly, the entry suggests that Knowles was her former last name, but it is not explicitly stated by any source I've found. Surtsicna (talk) 06:26, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's not quite as modest as just that, but I assume can't copy all of it here for copyright? How do we explain the conflict between the names given for her partner? Martinevans123 (talk) 09:04, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Her marital history is not quite clear to me either. We have a source that explicitly says she was married twice and divorced once. She was married to Russell Stockdale from at least the early 1990s to... his death in late 2021? They separated in 2003 but there is nothing about a divorce. The names David Russell and Russell Stockdale are suspiciously similar. Could David Russell have been her partner after the separation from Russell Stockdale? I suggest not paying too much attention to the matter. See also WP:SPOUSE. Russell Stockdale is important to mention because he played a part in her career and the sources discuss him but the other one/two probably not. Surtsicna (talk) 20:00, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. But I'm still intrigued as to why she's called Gallop. Assume it was husband No. 1. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:03, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Very likely. It did not even cross my mind that she might have changed her name until you found the names of her parents. Surtsicna (talk) 20:07, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]