Template:Infobox Scientist/doc

Template:Template doc page viewed directly An Infobox Scientist may be used to summarize information about a person who is either a scientist, an engineer, or a mathematician.

Usage

This infobox may be added by copy-pasting the template as shown below into an article.

{{Infobox Scientist
|name              = 
|box_width         =
|image             = 
|image_width       = 
|caption           = 
|birth_date        = 
|birth_place       = 
|death_date        = 
|death_place       = 
|residence         = 
|citizenship       = 
|nationality       = 
|ethnicity         = 
|field             = 
|work_institutions = 
|alma_mater        = 
|doctoral_advisor  = 
|doctoral_students = 
|known_for         = 
|author_abbrev_bot = 
|author_abbrev_zoo = 
|prizes            = 
|religion          = 
|signature         =
|footnotes         = 
}}

Parameters

Parameter	Explanation
name	Insert name of scientist, mathematician or engineer.
box_width	Set (optional) width of infobox; defaults to: 26em.
image	Insert *.jpg image, preferably at 225px.
image_width	Insert image width (defaults to 225x250px if empty).
caption	Insert photograph caption. Try to include date of photo and the photographer.
birth_date	Insert date of birth: month, day, year.
birth_place	Insert place of birth: town, city, country.
death_date	Insert date of death: month, day, year.
death_place	Insert place of death: town, city, country.
residence	Insert countries where scientist has lived. If some are minor, select key countries.
citizenship	Insert citizenship of scientist.
nationality	Insert nationality of scientist, if different from citizenship.
ethnicity	Insert ethnicity. Use this field sparingly or where relevant.
field	State if he/she is a physicist, chemist, biologist, mathematician, engineer, etc.
work_institutions	Insert key companies and/or universities where he/she is/was employed.
alma_mater	Insert universities where he/she obtained their degrees
doctoral_advisor	Insert doctoral advisor. If no PhD, can put in equivalent accepted mentors, then use footnote to explain.
doctoral_students	If any, insert their key doctoral or notable students. Does not have to be exhaustive.
known_for	Insert key topics/areas of science that made him/her famous.
author_abbrev_bot	Insert botanical author abbreviation here, if he/she is the author of a botanical species name.
author_abbrev_zoo	Insert zoological author abbreviation here, if he/she is the author of a zoological species name.
prizes	Insert most notable prizes and medals.
religion	Insert religious belief system/affiliation. The consensus is to use this field sparingly.
signature	Insert image of signature
footnotes	Insert any extra details here, especially notable parents and/or children and their associated articles.

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.