Template:Infobox academic

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{{Infobox academic}} may be used to summarize information about a person who is or has been a member of an academic institution working on research-related endeavors, broadly construed.

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   = <!-- see [[MOS:CREDENTIAL]] and [[MOS:HONORIFIC]] -->
| name               = 
| honorific_suffix   = 
| image              = 
| image_size         = 
| alt                = 
| caption            = 
| native_name        = 
| native_name_lang   = 
| 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        = 
| nationality        = <!-- use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] -->
| citizenship        = <!-- use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] -->
| other_names        = 
| occupation         = 
| period             = 
| known_for          = 
| title              = 
| boards             = <!--board or similar positions extraneous to main occupation-->
| spouse             = 
| partner            = 
| children           = 
| parents            = 
| relatives          = 
| awards             = <!--notable national-level awards only-->
| website            = 
| 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   = 
| academic_advisors  = 
| influences         = <!--must be referenced from a third-party source-->
| 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-->
| workplaces         = <!--full-time positions only, not student positions-->
| doctoral_students  = <!--only those with WP articles-->
| notable_students   = 
| main_interests     = 
| notable_works      = 
| notable_ideas      = 
| influenced         = <!--must be referenced from a third-party source-->
| signature          = 
| signature_alt      = 
| signature_size     = 
| footnotes          = 
}}

{{Infobox academic
| honorific_prefix   = 
| name               = 
| honorific_suffix   = 
| image              = 
| image_size         = 
| alt                = 
| caption            = 
| native_name        = 
| native_name_lang   = 
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = 
| birth_place        = 
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| death_cause        = 
| nationality        = 
| citizenship        = 
| other_names        = 
| occupation         = 
| period             = 
| known_for          = 
| title              = 
| boards             = 
| spouse             = 
| partner            = 
| children           = 
| parents            = 
| relatives          = 
| awards             = 
| website            = 
| education          = 
| alma_mater         = 
| thesis_title       = 
| thesis_url         = 
| thesis_year        = 
| school_tradition   = 
| doctoral_advisor   = 
| academic_advisors  = 
| influences         = 
| era                = 
| discipline         = 
| sub_discipline     = 
| workplaces         = 
| doctoral_students  = 
| notable_students   = 
| main_interests     = 
| notable_works      = 
| notable_ideas      = 
| influenced         = 
| signature          = 
| signature_alt      = 
| signature_size     = 
| footnotes          = 
}}

Parameters

This is an list of commonly-used parameters. For a complete list, see here.

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; if the image is simply a headshot of the subject, a caption restating the subject's name is unnecessary

honorific_prefix

See MOS:CREDENTIAL and MOS:HONORIFIC

honorific_suffix

native_name

The person's name in their own language, if different.

native_name_lang

ISO 639-1 code, e.g., "fr" for French.

birth_name

Name at birth; only use if different from |name= parameter

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 (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; use city if possible, otherwise use country; do not give coordinates

death_cause

Cause of death, if relevant to article; e.g., accidental radiation poisoning

burial_place

Place of burial (city, administrative region, country). Don't use flag templates, inappropriate linking, redundancy, anachronisms, "country" definitions, etc. See |resting_place= for non-burials.

burial_coordinates

Coordinates for place of burial, to accompany |burial_place=. Use the {{coord}} template.

resting_place

Location of columbarium, ash-scattering, etc. If no location, leave blank.

resting_place_coordinates

Coordinates for resting place, to accompany |resting_place=. Use the {{coord}} template.

nationality

Use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT

citizenship

Use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT

other_names

Other notable names for the person, if different from |name= and |birth_name.

occupation

Should match full occupational description of most recent employment

period

known_for

title

Should match full occupational title; e.g., Distinguished professor, Associate professor, etc.

boards

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

spouse

partner

children

parents

relatives

Should only be included if the spouse is independently notable or there is discussion in a reliable published source that confirms their name and existence

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

education

Should be explained in the main text of the article; those that are not mentioned in the main text are subject to removal

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

Year thesis was completed and registered with corresponding institution

school_tradition

doctoral_advisor

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

academic_advisors

Names of any significant educational advisors (other than doctoral advisor)

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

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

workplaces

Should be major academic tenures; do not include student or part-time positions or postdoctoral fellowships

doctoral_students

Only include students who have been supervised at doctoral level by the academic and are 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 students who have had substantial contact with the academic (such as through a tutorial system or undergraduate/masters thesis supervision) and are 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 are subject to deletion

notable_works

Should be explained in the main text of the article; those that are not mentioned in the main text are subject to deletion

notable_ideas

Should be explained in the main text of the article; those that are not mentioned in the main text are subject to deletion

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 are subject to deletion

signature

link to file containing subject's signature, if somehow relevant to the subject's personal history

signature_size

signature_alt

footnotes

For any footnotes needed to clarify entries above; this section is also often used to add additional notable information, typically if the scientist is a relative of another person with a wikipedia article

Use as a child template

child

For embedding this infobox into another.

This infobox may be used to create a genre-specific section within {{Infobox person}} (or similar biographical infobox templates) for cases where a person may be notable in more than one field; a generic example is shown below. For guidance on usage, see Wikipedia:Infobox modules. Also see the Template:Infobox documentation which explains embedding and subboxes.

{{Infobox person
| name = 
| image = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = 
| <!-- etc. -->
| module = 
  {{EMBEDDED TEMPLATE NAME | child=yes <!-- or embed=yes or subbox=yes -->
  | parameter-1 = 
  | parameter-2 = 
  | parameter-3 = 
  | parameter-4 = 
  | <!-- etc. -->
  }}
}}

Example

{{Infobox academic
| name               = C. S. Lewis 
| image              = Example-serious.jpg 
| caption            = C.S. Lewis aged 50
| birth_name         = Clive Staples Lewis 
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1898|11|29|df=yes}} <!--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 {{tl|birth year and age}} or a similar option.-->
| birth_place        = [[Belfast]], Ireland
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1963|11|22|1898|11|29|df=yes}}
| death_place        = [[Oxford]], England
| occupation         = Novelist, academic, broadcaster
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Joy Davidman]]|1956|1960|reason=died}}
| alma_mater         = Oxford University
| influences         = 
| workplaces         = [[Magdalen College, Oxford]]<br />[[Magdalene College, Cambridge]]
| main_interests     = [[Christian apologetics]]
| notable_works      = ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''<br />''[[Mere Christianity]]''<br />''[[The Allegory of Love]]''<br />''[[The Screwtape Letters]]''<br />[[The Space Trilogy]]<br />''[[Till We Have Faces]]''<br />''[[Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life]]''
| notable_ideas      = 
| influenced         = 
| signature          = 
| signature_size     = 
| footnotes          = 
}}

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.

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox academic with unknown parameters (0)
• Category:Pages using infobox academic with conflicting parameters (0)
• Category:No local image but image on Wikidata (0) – Used by Template:Wikidata image to track articles where an infobox has no image but Wikidata has an image name. To exclude articles from this category, add an image or |nocat_wdimage=yes to the infobox.

See also

• {{Infobox person}}

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox academic in articles based on its TemplateData. TemplateData for Infobox academic An infobox for articles about academics Template parameters This template prefers block formatting of 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 suggested 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 Native name language native_name_lang e.g. fr, de, ru Unknown optional Image image Use the name of the image file only, i.e. do not include "File:". File suggested Image name image_name no description Unknown optional Image upright image_upright More accessible scaling factor, preferred over pixels Example e.g. .7, 1.2 Unknown optional Image size image_size Width of the image. Default is frameless and should not normally need to be specified manually. Unknown optional Alt text alt no description Unknown optional Caption caption no description Unknown suggested 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 Only if relevant Unknown optional Burial place burial_place Place of burial, alternative to 'Resting place' Displays the label 'Burial place'. Content optional Burial place coordinates burial_coordinates Coordinates for place of burial, to accompany 'Burial place'. Use {{coord}} template. Unknown optional Resting place resting_place Place of burial, ash-scattering, etc. Do not use a flag template. Content optional Resting place coordinates resting_place_coordinates Coordinates for place of burial, ash-scattering etc. Use Template:coord template. Unknown optional Citizenship citizenship Only use if not clear from birthplace Unknown optional othernames othernames no description Unknown optional other_names other_names no description Unknown optional Occupation occupation Should match full occupational description. Unknown suggested 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 Spouse spouse no description Unknown optional Partner partner no description Unknown optional Children children Number, not names, unless the child is themself notable Unknown optional Parents parents Only include if relevant or notable Unknown optional Relatives relatives Other notable relatives 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 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 suggested Alma mater alma_mater alma mater Will often consist of the linked name of the last-attended higher education institution. Unknown suggested 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 Academic advisors academic_advisors no description Unknown optional Influences influences no description Unknown optional Era era no description Unknown optional Discipline discipline Major academic discipline Example e.g. Physicist, Sociologist, New Testament scholar, Ancient Near Eastern Linguist. Unknown suggested Sub-discipline sub_discipline Academic discipline specialist area Example e.g. Sub-atomic research, 20th Century Danish specialist, Pauline research, Arcadian and Ugaritic specialist. Unknown suggested 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 suggested 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 in {{URL}} or {{Official URL}} template (the latter if pulling from Wikidata) Unknown optional Footnotes footnotes no description Unknown optional H-index H-index no description Unknown optional Citations Citations no description Unknown optional

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