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Harold Little

Canadian rower (1893–1958)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 14, 2025
Entity authorityQ3439420 ↗
Source-derived summary

Harold Boyd Little (27 July 1893 – 1958) was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Canadian boat in the eights event.

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The public source identifies “Harold Little” as canadian rower (1893–1958). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Harold, Little and Canadian.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1893, 1958, 1924—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1893-07-27. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Harold, Little and Canadian providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 14, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3439420. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1893, 1958 and 1924.

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This entry incorporates text from “Harold Little” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.