I haven't seen one of these for a while, which proves what a good job you've done L_T, but I had Claire Chennault today, with her initials in the description.

Hers will disappear shortly.

Umm, Claire Chennault was a "he" who led the Flying Tigers. See here:

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/clchenna.htm

Oops!

I had this one today, should there be more?

"English lighthouse keeper's daughter famed for heroic 1838 rescue of survivors of the shipwrecked Fo" = (Grace Darling)

Yes. "... survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838."

Today's set had a racehorse named Bernborough.

That is obviously one of my earliest updates, before I realised the character limit on entries. It has now been amended to fit!

Arthur Holly Compton

American physicist; Nobel Prize-winner; discovered the Compton Effect

Nellie Stewart
ustralian stage actress; known for comic operetta work; Nell Gwynne in 'Sweet Nell of Old Drury'

Should be Australian (initial letter was cut off).

Today the description was: British singer-songwriter; married to Heidi Klum

The answer was Seal, but it should say "formerly" married to Heidi Klum.

Carl Keenan Seyfert
Your answer: American astronomer; Seyfert galaxies are named after him

I assume you noticed Eric Morecambe's description needed a reword, L_T.

Yep.

I don't know why I asked, really!

Johan Jakob Balmer's description includes his surname.

John McDouall Stuart - Australian explorer; most accomplished & famous of all Australia's inland explorers

According to his Wikipedia page, Stuart was born in Scotland. He didn't emigrate to Australia until he was 23. Wouldn't that make him a Scottish explorer? At least should be referred to as "Scottish born", no?

Just thought I'd point it out.

Johann Cruyff

According to his Wiki page and official Twitter account, his name is actually spelled with one "n". Johan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Cruyff
https://twitter.com/JohanCruyff

I have just received the following DM from a member...

I will change that entry immediately!

Many thanks.

Shergar the race horse was still in the system a day or two ago. I actually don't mind the racehorses, but since you've taken out all the others...

Are there duplicates in the system? I sometimes get the same name a few days apart but with a different description, and I wonder if you've made a change or if the person is in there twice.

Are you at all interested in new names? I have no way of knowing whether the names I suggest are already in the system, of course, so that could be a bit of work checking.

I will remove Shergar.

I can't actually see the entire database, just call up entries by entering the name. I assume this means that there is a single listing for each person! Since I make changes, you could get the same name two days in a row with different descriptions, for sure.

I haven't yet worked out how to add names - what I thought would work didn't when I tried it. Since there are already so many names, I haven't been too worried about additions, but do have a short list of names I noticed weren't there when I looked to see how they were described. If there are names you would like added, post them here and I will (a) check to see if they are already there; (b) try to sort out how to make additions.

This is the description for Jackie Trent. Her husband was Tony Hatch, not Trent.

I knew that.