Template:Infobox academic

Infobox academic
Academic work

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{{{honorific_prefix}}} {{{name}}} {{{honorific_suffix}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image_size}}}|alt={{{alt}}}|upright=1]] {{{caption}}}
Native name	{{{native_name}}}
Born	{{{birth_name}}} {{{birth_date}}} {{{birth_place}}}
Died	{{{death_date}}} {{{death_place}}}
Cause of death	{{{death_cause}}}
Residence	{{{region}}}
Nationality	{{{nationality}}}
Other names	{{{other_names}}}
Occupation	{{{occupation}}}
Years active	{{{period}}}
Known for	{{{known_for}}}
Board member of	{{{boards}}}
Religion	{{{religion}}} ({{{denomination}}})
Spouse(s)	{{{spouse}}}
Children	{{{children}}}
Website	{{URL|example.com|optional display text}}
Academic background
Education	{{{education}}}
Alma mater	{{{alma_mater}}}
Thesis title	[{{{thesis_url}}} {{{thesis_title}}}]
Thesis year	{{{thesis_year}}}
School or tradition	{{{school_tradition}}}
Doctoral advisor	{{{doctoral_advisor}}}
Influences	{{{influences}}}
Academic work
Era	{{{era}}}
Discipline	{{{discipline}}}
Sub discipline	{{{sub_discipline}}}
Institutions	{{{workplaces}}}
Doctoral students	{{{doctoral_students}}}
Notable students	{{{notable_students}}}
Main interests	{{{main_interests}}}
Notable works	{{{notable_works}}}
Notable ideas	{{{notable_ideas}}}
Influenced	{{{influenced}}}
Signature
[[File:{{{signature}}}|{{{signature_alt}}}|alt={{{signature_size}}}]]
Notes
{{{footnotes}}}

To use the template, copy the wikitext below, and paste it in the top section of the article’s main page. If the article is not divided into sections, it should be placed on top. Then, fill out the data fields. You can omit any unused fields.

Blank template

{{Infobox academic
| honorific_prefix   =
| name               = 
| honorific_suffix   =
| native_name        = 
| native_name_lang   = 
| image              = 
| image_size         = 
| alt                = 
| caption            = 
| birth_name         = <!-- Use only if different from full/othernames -->
| birth_date         = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}}  -->
| birth_place        = 
| death_date         = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> 
| death_place        = 
| death_cause        = 
| region             =
| nationality        = 
| period             = 
| occupation         = 
| title              = 
| boards             = <!-- Board or similar positions extraneous to main occupation   -->
| known_for          =
| spouse             = 
| children           = 
| signature          = 
| signature_alt      = 
| signature_size     = 
| era                = 
| discipline         = <!-- Major academic discipline - e.g. Physicist, Sociologist, New Testament scholar, Ancient Near Eastern Linguist -->
| sub_discipline     = <!-- Academic discipline specialist area - e.g. Sub-atomic research, 20th Century Danish specialist, Pauline research, Arcadian and Ugaritic specialist -->
| movement           = <!-- Should match the ideological movement or denomination (for religious), "school" of thought etc. (e.g. "Anglican", "Postmodernist", "Socialist" or "Green" etc. -->
| religion           = <!-- Religion should be supported with a citation from a reliable source -->
| denomination       = <!-- Religious denomination should be supported with a citation from a reliable source -->
| education          = 
| alma_mater         = <!-- will often consist of the linked name of the last-attended higher education institution. -->
| thesis_title       = 
| thesis_url         = 
| thesis_year        = 
| school_tradition   = 
| doctoral_advisor   = 
| doctoral_students  = 
| notable_students   = <!--Only those with WP articles-->
| main_interests     = 
| workplaces         = <!--full-time positions only, not student positions-->
| notable_works      = 
| notable_ideas      = 
| influences         = <!--Must be referenced from a third party source-->
| influenced         = <!--Must be referenced from a third party source-->
| awards             = <!--Notable national level awards only-->
| website            =
| footnotes          =
}}

Parameters

C. S. Lewis
File:Example-serious.jpg C.S. Lewis aged 50
Born	Clive Staples Lewis (1898-11-29)29 November 1898 Belfast, Ireland
Died	22 November 1963(1963-11-22) (aged 64) Oxford, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Novelist, academic, broadcaster
Spouse(s)	Joy Davidman (m. 1956; d. 1960)
Academic work
Institutions	Magdalen College, Oxford & Magdalene College, Cambridge
Main interests	Christian apologetics
Notable works	The Chronicles of Narnia Mere Christianity The Allegory of Love The Screwtape Letters The Space Trilogy Till We Have Faces Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

name

The name under which the academic is best known. This should usually be the same as the article name, and will default to {{PAGENAME}} if not specified.

image

Image. Use the name of the image file only, i.e. do not include "File:".

image_size

Width of the image. Default is frameless and should not normally need to be specified manually.

alt

Alt text for the image, for visually impaired readers. See WP:ALT. It should be specified if image is specified.

caption

Caption for image, if necessary.

birth_name

The birth name of the academic. Only specify if different from name.

birth_date

Date of birth. Can be approximate. Use {{birth date}} or related template where possible. For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. Treat such cases as if only the year is known, so use {{birth year and age}} or a similar option.

birth_place

Place of birth.

death_date

Date of death. Can be approximate. Use {{death date and age}} or related template where possible.

death_place

Place of death.

region

Should match region.

occupation

Should match full occupational description.

title

Should match full occupational title.

boards

Should be for board or similar positions extraneous to main occupation - not editorial boards in the person's subject

era

Should match era.

discipline

Major academic discipline - e.g. Physicist, Sociologist, New Testament scholar, Ancient Near Eastern Linguist.

sub_discipline

Academic discipline specialist area - e.g. Sub-atomic research, 20th Century Danish specialist, Pauline research, Arcadian and Ugaritic specialist.

movement

Should match the ideological movement or denomination (for religious), "school" of thought etc. (e.g. "Anglican", "Postmodernist", "Socialist" or "Green" etc.

religion

e.g. Christian, Moslem, Sikh etc. Religion should be supported with a citation from a reliable source.

denomination

e.g. Anglican, Sunni etc.

education

Should be explained in the main text of the article; Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.

alma_mater

Will often consist of the linked name of the last-attended higher education institution.

thesis_title

Should match full thesis title

thesis_url

Should be where the these is available freely. Not for commercial advertising usage.

thesis_year

doctoral_advisor

Should be explained in the main text of the article; Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.

doctoral_students

Only those notable enough for WP articles. Should be explained in the main text of the article; Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.

notable_students

Only those notable enough for WP articles. Should be explained in the main text of the article; Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.

main_interests

Should be explained in the main text of the article; Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.

notable_works

Should be explained in the main text of the article; Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.

notable_ideas

Should be explained in the main text of the article; Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.

workplaces

Should be major academic tenures, not student or part0-time positions or postdoctoral fellowships

influences

Should be explained in the main text of the article and have a third party source ; Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.

influenced

Should be explained in the main text of the article and have a third party source ; Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.

awards

Should be restricted to only major national-level awards related to academic work

website

Should be only an academic's own collegiate page or personal professional page.

footnotes

For any footnotes needed to clarify entries above. This section is also often used to add extra notable items, typically, if the scientist is a relative of another person with a wiki article.

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• bday
• birthplace
• category
• country-name
• deathdate
• deathplace
• extended-address
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• label
• locality
• n
• nickname
• note
• org
• role
• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

An infobox for articles about academics

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Honorific prefix	honorific_prefix honorific prefix	To appear on the line above the person's name	Unknown	optional
Name	name	The name under which the academic is best known. This should usually be the same as the article name, and will default to {{PAGENAME}} if not specified.	Unknown	optional
Honorific suffix	honorific_suffix honorific suffix	To appear on the line below the person's name	Unknown	optional
native_name	native_name	no description	Unknown	optional
fullname	fullname	no description	Unknown	optional
native_name_lang	native_name_lang	no description	Unknown	optional
Image	image	Use the name of the image file only, i.e. do not include "File:".	Unknown	optional
image_name	image_name	no description	Unknown	optional
Image size	image_size	Width of the image. Default is frameless and should not normally need to be specified manually.	Unknown	optional
imagesize	imagesize	no description	Unknown	optional
alt	alt	no description	Unknown	optional
caption	caption	no description	Unknown	optional
Birth name	birth_name birth name	The birth name of the academic. Only specify if different from name.	Unknown	optional
Birth date	birth_date birth date	Date of birth. Can be approximate. Use {{birth date}} or related template where possible. For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. Treat such cases as if only the year is known, so use {{birth year and age}} or a similar option.	Unknown	optional
Place of birth	birth_place birth place	no description	Unknown	optional
Death date	death_date death date	Date of death. Can be approximate. Use {{death date and age}} or related template where possible.	Unknown	optional
Death place	death_place death place	Place of death	Unknown	optional
death_cause	death_cause	no description	Unknown	optional
region	region	no description	Unknown	optional
residence	residence	no description	Unknown	optional
nationality	nationality	no description	Unknown	optional
othernames	othernames	no description	Unknown	optional
other_names	other_names	no description	Unknown	optional
Occupation	occupation	Should match full occupational description.	Unknown	optional
Titles	titles	Should match full occupational title.	Unknown	optional
period	period	no description	Unknown	optional
known_for	known_for	no description	Unknown	optional
title	title	no description	Unknown	optional
boards	boards	no description	Unknown	optional
religion	religion	no description	Unknown	optional
denomination	denomination	no description	Unknown	optional
spouse	spouse	no description	Unknown	optional
children	children	no description	Unknown	optional
awards	awards	no description	Unknown	optional
signature	signature	no description	Unknown	optional
signature_size	signature_size	no description	Unknown	optional
signature alt	signature alt	no description	Unknown	optional
signature_alt	signature_alt	no description	Unknown	optional
Education	education	Should be explained in the main text of the article; Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.	Unknown	optional
Alma mater	alma_mater alma mater	Will often consist of the linked name of the last-attended higher education institution.	Unknown	optional
thesis_title	thesis_title	no description	Unknown	optional
thesis_url	thesis_url	no description	Unknown	optional
thesis_year	thesis_year	no description	Unknown	optional
school_tradition	school_tradition	no description	Unknown	optional
doctoral_advisor	doctoral_advisor	no description	Unknown	optional
influences	influences	no description	Unknown	optional
era	era	no description	Unknown	optional
Discipline	discipline	Major academic discipline - e.g. Physicist, Sociologist, New Testament scholar, Ancient Near Eastern Linguist.	Unknown	optional
Sub-discipline	sub_discipline	Academic discipline specialist area - e.g. Sub-atomic research, 20th Century Danish specialist, Pauline research, Arcadian and Ugaritic specialist.	Unknown	optional
Workplace	workplaces work_institutions work institutions work_institution work institution	Should be major academic tenures, not student or part0-time positions or postdoctoral fellowships	Unknown	optional
doctoral_students	doctoral_students	no description	Unknown	optional
Notable students	notable_students notable students	Only those notable enough for WP articles. Should be explained in the main text of the article; Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.	Unknown	optional
main_interests	main_interests	no description	Unknown	optional
Notable works	notable_works notable works notableworks	Should be explained in the main text of the article; Those that are not mentioned in the main text may be deleted.	Unknown	optional
notable_ideas	notable_ideas	no description	Unknown	optional
influenced	influenced	no description	Unknown	optional
principal_ideas	principal_ideas	no description	Unknown	optional
website	website	no description	Unknown	optional
footnotes	footnotes	no description	Unknown	optional

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