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Gustave Lambert

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Gustave Lambert

... that Gustave Lambert (pictured) was killed in the Siege of Paris before he could set sail for the North Pole?
Source: Markham (1876) p. xii "...au mois d'août 1870, le Corps législatif était saisi d'une proposition de subside qui aurait permis au Boréal de Lambert de voguer vers le Pôle ... Vint le siège de Paris. Lambert s'engagea comme volontaire dans sa défense, et fut tué, à la fin du siège, dans la malheureuse affaire de Buzenval."

Reviewed: Costea Bucioc and Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Gloucester)

Created by Aymatth2 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:46, 17 December 2017 (UTC).

This article is new enough, long enough, and is sourced with verifiable references that are appropriately internally-cited. The hook is also verified (using Google translate). DYK has been completed, and the image is in the Public Domain. -- West Virginian (talk) 01:22, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this, but the hook is one of several "he died before he reached his goal" hooks presently on the noms page. This is a long article; could you suggest another hook? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:18, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

@Yoninah: ALT1 below is covered by the same citation. Aymatth2 (talk) 21:28, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that the French legislature voted to fund Gustave Lambert (pictured) to sail to the North Pole?

ALT2 ~~... that Napoleon III pledged 50,000 francs toward Gustave Lambert's (pictured) proposed expedition to the North Pole?~~ Yoninah (talk) 21:42, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

I don't like ALT2 so much because it loses the idea that Lambert was going to sail to the North Pole, the ice around the pole being melted by the perpetual sunshine during the summer. Aymatth2 (talk) 23:13, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

@Aymatth2: No problem. Is there an inline cite for the ALT1 hook fact? Yoninah (talk) 23:45, 13 January 2018 (UTC)