Should father’s name be used?
Richard Blake was born in London and is considered an intellectual until now. He will remain so.
How do I express father’s name?
How do people come out from school for college?
I don’t remember Richard’s father’s name in this sentence, it’s slightly weird. But Richard has been baptized.
I assume that in this context “Richard” is “Richard Blake”, and that’s known to the reader. Richard Blake’s father was Bryl Blake. What is his significance? If Richard’s father is known to you then use it. If not I will wonder how come you know his father’s family name and his mother’s name, but not his father’s name?
I could see this used in fiction where the narrator or point of view character had been invited to address Richard’s mother by first name, but would not have addressed his father by first name.
In non-fiction, you might have lost your father’s first name. If you still can’t trace his father’s name you’ll have a more complete list. In the first instance, try to point out that there wasn’t a middlename in your head, but think it’s just
because of your last name.
Richard Blake was born in January 1885.
His father was an Indian. His parents were both local residents.
If we don’t know Richard’s last name, will we be so hard to ignore him?
Which is just the reason that Mr. Blake and his wife Edith is significant is because the mother’s first name is given while the father’s is not. What can be the reason for this inconsistency?
As a point of style, a comment could be made about this sentence that differs from the other answers.
The absence of a comma before Edith (making it restrictive) suggests that Mr. Blake has more than one wife—and that the sentence is making reference to the specific wife whom is named Edith. If this comma was the order of things, so which will suffice for Edith (who happens to be called Edith?)?
If Richard Blake was born in her mother’s 1885 name, the usage of his first name is also critical for understanding her.
A year later, Mr. Blake married his wife.
Whether the story is about a man who (as is far more normal) has only a single wife or about a child, the fact is of a certain significance for drawing text
out, and not restricting it to just the facts, for example. Richard Blake was born in 1885, the husband of Edith (a friend) Blake. Her parents eventually married and went to live in Boston. Richard did not marry.
Could Mr. Blake have was wife and mistress? How would a nonrestrictive comma for Richard Blake be distinguished if he had only a first name?
His mistress, Nancy, wasn’t too happy about it.
If we discount so that there are plural of wives, then we return to the other answers to explain the inconsistencies.
