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DOB

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@Greghenderson2006please provide WP:RS that directly supports his DOB as reported in article. I am finding discrepancies in his death of age. Graywalls (talk) 23:37, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Brown was born on July 3, 1810 based on at least one source: Richard Brown, known as Dick, was born July 3, 1810, in Mystic, Connecticut. Other sources indicate only 1810. Ancestry.com has sources that point to his age at the time of the census, which also point to the year 1810, even though they record at the top:
Captain Richard Brown
BIRTH 3 JUL 1810 • Mystic, New London, Connecticut, USA
DEATH 18 JUN 1885 • Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Greg Henderson (talk) 00:29, 26 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
WP:ANCESTRY please remember that it is considered more or less the same as WP:FAMILYSEARCH. We do not use. Graywalls (talk) 00:36, 26 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notability

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Richard "Dick" Brown was captain of the America (yacht), first winner of the America's Cup international sailing trophy. For his services to the America's Cup, he was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 1999.[1][2]. Greg Henderson (talk) 00:42, 26 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Captain Richard "Dick" Brown". herreshoff.org. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  2. ^ Captain of the America