Post #802408
2026-03-20 20:08 UTC
This search for "Vincent Raphael Kwok" (substitute whatever search engine you want for the one I specified) turns up exactly one result: he is mentioned in Wikipedia's page on quantum chemistry, in the History section of the page, for being one of three co-authors of a 1927 article about diatomic hydrogen. The other two co-author's names are links to their Wikipedia articles; Kwok's name is not a link and there is no further information about him. I followed the reference to the paper itself, and, at least in how it is represented online, I only see the first two co-authors listed, not Kwok.
At this point, I was hooked. This is a mystery!
Fortunately, there is WikiBlame. It looks like the revision adding Kwok is this one. It was made by user ~2026-45988-5, who has made exactly one contribution to Wikipedia -- this change.
I would not say, at this point, that the mystery has been resolved yet...
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@kfogel@kfogel.org 2026-03-20 21:24
Being a responsible Wikipedia contributor, I have now removed the mention of Kwok (since the citation does not support it), but admit to some regret at deleting the source of such a delightful puzzle.