The 18th century British literature academic and Wikipedia editor died on April 8 in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 37.
Adrianne Wadewitz, a prominent scholar of literature and a Wikipedia proponent, died on April 8 after sustaining head injuries from a rock climbing accident. Wadewitz had been climbing with her partner, Peter B. James, at Joshua Tree National Park on March 29, when she suffered the injury.
Wadewitz had started rock climbing in 2012 and had wrote extensively in her blog about her new passion and how much she had accomplished. She enjoyed breaking out of her bookish shell and taking on something she found extremely challenging.
She wrote in her blog: "I am now 'Adrianne: scholar, book lover, pianist, Wikipedian, and rock climber.'"
