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Shouldn't this page just be under "Willard Bliss", unless, of course, the guy's name was actually Doctor, which seems unlikely. IvoShandor ( talk) 01:49, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Makes me wish we'd kept this article's DYK for April Fools next year! I'm sure we could've made a brilliantly confusing hook :-) Witty lama 04:23, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
There should be some mention of his ironic name (preferably with primary sources cited!) because like the original commenter I was confused. And wikipedia's not about generating confusion 24.136.136.65 ( talk) 09:41, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
The explanatory note says that "Doctor" is his SURNAME. Method for editing the footnote? 174.100.209.41 ( talk) 04:54, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
The article states that Doctor Willard's namesake is Dr Samuel Willard of New England, citing [1] as evidence. However, this source states that a different Doctor Willard, one who was living at 203 Genesee St in Auburn, NY, and who delivered Bliss around 1833, was the latter's namesake. Not only did Samuel Willard not live in Auburn, NY, but he is known to have died around 1810, so this source is evidently referring to a seperate Dr Willard, thus directly contradicting the statement that cites it. Gingerbread Anima ( talk) 01:14, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
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