Person in history
Emily Temple-Wood
Emily Temple Wood, American 2016 Wikipedian of the Year award
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1994 · May 24
- Age this year
- 32No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- Wikimedian in residence, biographer, writer, and physician. Citizenship: United States
- Born
- 32nd anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Personal life Temple-Wood self-describes herself as queer . In October 2020, on National Coming Out Day , she wrote on Twitter that she was "proud to be a queer physician." [ 1 ] She is married and lives with her husband and two cats. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] ^ Temple-Wood, Emily [@emilytemplewood] (October 12, 2020). "Happy #NationalComingOutDay!!! I'm proud to be a queer physician and it's the best feeling in the world to care for other members of my community.
Emily Temple-Wood is an American physician and Wikipedia editor, who goes by pseudonym Keilana on the site. She is known for her efforts to counter the effects and causes of gender bias on Wikipedia, particularly through the creation of articles about women in science. She was declared a joint recipient of the 2016 Wikipedian of the Year award by Jimmy Wales at Wikimania. Temple-Wood graduated from Loyola University Chicago and Midwestern University. She practices medicine in Minnesota.
Early life
Educated at: Loyola University Chicago, The Avery Coonley School, and Midwestern University.
Early life and education Temple-Wood attended Avery Coonley School in Downers Grove , Illinois. [ 1 ] A 2017 Wired article described her as "the type of middle schooler who refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance , because she thought the idea of making children swear a loyalty oath was bizarre." [ 2 ] She won the 2008 DuPage County Spelling Bee. [ 3 ] This victory led to her participating in the Scripps National Spelling Bee the same year , [ 4 ]
Path and career
Worked with / for: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Awards / honours: Wikimedian of the Year.
Work on Wikipedia Video of Temple-Wood expressing why she thinks more women should edit, and be represented on, Wikipedia Temple-Wood received national press coverage for creating Wikipedia articles about women scientists , as well as her activism to increase their representation on Wikipedia. She made her first edit to Wikipedia in 2005, at the age of 10. [ 1 ] She first started contributing to the site when she was 12, [ 2 ]
Why this date
Emily Temple-Wood appears on our May 24 calendar for 1994 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1994.
- May 17Malawi
- January 1Far-left politics
- November 21994 Durunka floods and lightning strike
- May 241993 World Trade Center bombing
- February 5Markale massacres
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1994Nene MacdonaldMay 11
- 1994Isaah YeoNovember 6
- 1994Denyse TontzSeptember 17
- 1994Brahim DarriSeptember 14
- 1994Krasimir StanoevSeptember 14
- 1994Nicky CaseSeptember 11
- 1994RM (musician)September 12
- 1994Hagos GebrhiwetMay 11
Sources
Cite this page
“Emily Temple-Wood”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/emily-temple-wood, accessed October 26, 2026.
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Questions about Emily Temple-Wood
When was Emily Temple-Wood born?
May 24 1994.
How old would Emily Temple-Wood be today?
32 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on May 24?
Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Emma McKeon, Marcus Bettinelli and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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