In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “renowned scientist”. Today it says “romanian-born ottoman agronomist”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Aaron Aaronsohn Aaron Aaronsohn Aaron Aaronsohn ( 1876 — 1919 ), was a renowned scientist , traveller , entrepreneur , and politician . He was brought up and mainly acted in Zichron Yaakov , a Jewish agricultural colony of the First Aliya , then part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire . Aaronsohn is remembered primary as the discoverer of ' the Mother of the Wheat ', as well as the founder and head of Nili (a Jewish ring of spies working for the British in World War I ). Aaronsohn was killed in an airplane crash over the English Channel on May 15 , 1919 . His research on Eretz Israel flora and part of his exploration diaries were published posthumously.1
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Aaron Aaronsohn ( ) (1876 - 15 May 1919) was a Jewish agronomist , botanist , and Zionist activist.Aaronsohn was the discoverer of wild emmer ( Triticum dicoccoides ), believed to be "the mother of wheat ."
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Aaron Aaronsohn ( ) (1876 - 15 May 1919) was a Romanian Jewish agronomist , botanist , and Zionist activist.Aaronsohn was the discoverer of wild emmer ( Triticum dicoccoides ), believed to be "the mother of wheat ." Molecular Genetic Maps in Wild Emmer Wheat
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Aaron Aaronsohn ( ) (21 May 1876 – 15 May 1919) was a Jewish agronomist , botanist , and Zionist activist, who was born in Romania and lived most of his life in the Land of Israel , then part of the Ottoman Empire . Aaronsohn was the discoverer of emmer ( Triticum dicoccoides ), believed to be "the mother of wheat ." Molecular Genetic Maps in Wild Emmer Wheat
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Jewish agronomist, botanist, and Zionist activist (1876-1919) Aaron Aaronsohn ( ) (21 May 1876 – 15 May 1919) was a Jewish agronomist , botanist , and Zionist activist, who was born in Romania and lived most of his life in the Land of Israel , then part of the Ottoman Empire . Aaronsohn was the discoverer of emmer ( Triticum dicoccoides ), believed to be "the mother of wheat ." He founded and was head of the NILI espionage network .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Jewish agronomist, botanist, and Zionist activist (1876–1919) Aaron Aaronsohn ( Hebrew : אהרון אהרנסון ) (21 May 1876 – 15 May 1919) was a Romanian-born Ottoman agronomist , botanist , and political activist , who lived most of his life in Ottoman Syria . Aaronsohn was the discoverer of emmer ( Triticum dicoccoides ), believed to be "the mother of wheat ." He founded and was head of the NILI espionage network .
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renowned scientist
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romanian-born ottoman agronomist
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