Talk:Rudolph Dirks

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Sources disagree about the spelling of Rudolph Dirks's birthplace. Some say he was born in Heide, Germany; others say it was Heinde, with an 'n'. If they mention a region of Germany, they all say it was in Holstein. There is, in fact, a tiny village named Heinde, near Salzgitter, but it's in Lower Saxony. Heide, a somewhat larger town, is in Holstein. Evidently 'Heinde' was a typo that was copied by various authors.

Gus Dirks[edit]

The article says Gus committed suicide in 1903, but, according to his death certificate, it was June 10, 1902. Also, I believe he was born in 1880, making him younger, not older, than Rudolph.

Gus was in fact Rudy's younger brother and he did commit suicide in 1902 after having an affair with Rudy's wife. Additionally, Rudy had a sister, Mae St. Clair who was married to Lambert "Sprint" St. Clair, a writer from Washington, DC. Mae St. Clair (lovingly called "DC" by her grandchildren) was my grandmother. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.59.19.100 (talk) 05:28, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 04:04, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Zs for Snoring[edit]

The Straight Dope believes that Rudolph Dirks was the first person to use Zs to represent snoring (later was used represent sleeping).

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3063/why-is-the-letter-z-associated-with-sleep

--Craigboy (talk) 11:44, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation[edit]

Not to be confused with Rudolf Dircks or his wife, 'Mrs Rudolf Dircks' (Sara Hay Goddard Dircks), both credited with the translation of Schopenhauer's Essays from German into English. CourtauldGill (talk) 09:59, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]