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Biography

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Template: Biography
Use on	Articles about people (biographies)
Use for	Biographical information box
Category template applies to page	(none)

Template Parameters (See Template style manual).
Name	Purpose	Required?	SMW property	Comment
width	Width of info box	no		Defaults to 23em
name	Name of person	no		Defaults to page name
image	Picture of person	no		Use just the picture name
caption	Caption for picture	no		Only appears if image also supplied
born when	Date of birth	no	birthdate
born where, born where L	Place of birth	no	birthplace	SMW property only with linked version
died when	Date of death	no	deathdate
born where, died where L	Place of death	no	deathplace	SMW property only with Succession details
relatives	Details of relatives	no		One or more {{Relatives}} templates
religion	Details of religious affiliations	no		One or more {{Religion bio}} templates
politics	Details of political affiliations	no		One or more {{Politics bio}} templates
succession	Succession details	no		One or more {{Succession}} templates

This template is an information box for all biographical articles. Rather than have separate templates for different types of biographies (e.g. politicians, monarchs, etc.) this template is designed with "plug ins" for different types of information. This allows the template to be kept reasonably compact, but at the same time allows for multiple entries of the same type. For example, with a politician it can allow succession information in more than one role, such as party leader and prime minister, or vice president and president. With anyone, it can allow for multiple marriages by using more than one {{Relatives}} template passed to the relatives parameter.

Sample Data Block

The following may be copied and pasted at the top of the page being edited

{{Biography
| name =
| image=
| born when=
| born where L=
| died when=
| died where L=
| relatives= {{Relatives
 | father L=
 | mother L=
 | spouse L=
 | partner L=
 | date=
 | where L=
 }}
 {{Children}}
| religion= {{Religion bio
 | affiliation L=
 | conversion date P=
 | under L=
 }}
| politics= {{Politics bio
 | party L =
 | when =
 }}
| succession= {{succession
 | hdg=
 | term=
 | start date P=
 | end date P=
 | prev L=
 | next L=
 }}
}}