Quote Investigator is a website that fact-checks the reported origins of widely circulated quotes. It was started in 2010 by Gregory F. Sullivan, a former
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...
computer scientist who runs the site under the
pseudonym
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's o ...
Garson O'Toole. Many of the quotes that O'Toole examines on the site are emailed to him by readers. In her review of the site for ''
The School Librarian'', the
Thorp Academy's Beth Khalil concluded, "This site would be a very useful resource for librarians, teachers or students to use when studying a variety of subjects." In April 2017, O'Toole published the results of many of his online quote investigations in the book ''Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations''.
See also
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
''Bartlett's Familiar Quotations'', often simply called ''Bartlett's'', is an American reference work that is the longest-lived and most widely distributed collection of quotations. The book was first issued in 1855 and is currently in its 19th ...
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Internet properties established in 2010
Fact-checking websites
Compilers of works of quotations
Quotations
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