User:Paul Drye

Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Paul is a professional writer -- computer manuals to pay the bills and science fiction (http://www.drye.ca) for pocket money. He has read entirely too many history books.

My main areas of expertise are baseball history and analysis, "alternative" music from the 1970s to the present, astronomy, and world history (particularly British Empire history from about 1600-1914). Since all but the last seem to be in good hands already, I've been concentrating on historical Wikarticles.

It's got to the point that I've written too many things here to easily list. Rather than continue the ego boo, I thought I'd just run the entries I've (mostly) written on less well-known people and things. I think all of these topics are interesting for one reason or another, but are sadly obscure to all but those interested in their associated topics. Pick one if you'd like to explore a relatively unknown corner:

• Sir William Jones
• Philip Henry Gosse
• William Lamb
• Ibn Battuta
• Rainhill Trials
• Jonathan Richman
• Josiah Wedgwood
• Nostratic language
• Portland Vase
• Behistun Inscription
• Nuclear isomer

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