Librarian finds wrong attribution for poem being taught in schools

10:23 PM, Jun. 29, 2013
Thomas Pitchford, a Central Louisiana native who is a librarian at the Hitchin Boys' School in Kent, England, discovered that a poem was misattributed to 19th century writer William Blake. It belongs to a writer named Nancy Willard.
Thomas Pitchford, a Central Louisiana native who is a librarian at the Hitchin Boys' School in Kent, England, discovered that a poem was misattributed to 19th century writer William Blake. It belongs to a writer named Nancy Willard.
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A mistake in one online bibliography entry 10 years ago created a ripple effect that made its way into education. And one man is trying to fix someone else's mistake before it reaches more children.

Central Louisiana natives Thomas Pitchford and wife Heather Tisdale, now in England, discovered an error that began in 2001 on Oracle Education Foundation's website ThinkQuest, a collection of educational resources designed by students.

"The initial discovery of the poem's misattribution was made by my wife," Pitchford wrote in an email. ...

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