Talk:Adam Parr

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The following links, which appear not to be referenced in the article and are possible breaches of WP:ELNO. They do not belong, but may be of future use in citing the article. -- Ohc ^¡digame! 03:29, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

• New Williams chairman Adam Parr keen to preserve legacy
• Adam Parr: Williams and Formula One in good shape
• Williams are first current formula one team to commit to 2010 championship
• Williams chairman expresses optimism for Austin track
• Williams 'not trying to split' Formula One
• Sky Sports F1 Exclusive Q&A with Adam Parr
• Mrs Moneypenny on The Art of War: Five Years in Formula One

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Making some small edits to get the page up to date.

• What I think should be changed:

Current Since leaving Williams in 2012, Parr has completed a PhD in eighteenth-century history and literature at University College London; and been involved in business and not-for-profit activities.

New Since leaving Williams in 2012, Parr has completed PhDs at University College London and the University of Oxford; and been involved in business and not-for-profit activities.

Current Parr was born in London as Adam Stephen de Voghelaere Parr in 1965.

New Parr was born in London as Adam Stephen de Voghelaere in 1965. He later adopted his stepfather’s surname.

Current Parr's research papers are available at the John Porter Centre for Diplomacy at Hertford College, the University of Oxford, where he is a research associate. He is also a business fellow at the Smith School for Enterprise & the Environment at Oxford.

New Parr's research papers are available at Hertford College, the University of Oxford, where he is a research associate.

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Current In 2020, Parr founded Homeland Conservation, a charitable trust dedicated to accelerating action on climate change. The charity was originally called The Downforce Trust,[12] a reference to the aerodynamic effect of downforce sought after by Formula One engineers, that provides speed and grip to F1 cars.

Homeland Conservation created and funds SRI-2030, an initiative to promote the System of Rice Intensification, one of the top climate solutions identified by Project Drawdown.

New In 2020, Parr founded The Downforce Trust,[12]* a charitable trust dedicated to accelerating action on climate change. The name is a reference to the aerodynamic effect of downforce sought after by Formula One engineers, that provides speed and grip to F1 cars.

The Downforce Trust created and funds SRI-2030, an initiative to promote the System of Rice Intensification, one of the top climate solutions identified by Project Drawdown.

• The citation is the same, I believe this is the most important edit, as the name has been changed back to Downforce Trust from Homeland Conservation. I can make that progression clearer if prefered.

Current Parr chairs the tech startup Oxford Semantic Technologies in 2017 which he co-founded alongside Professors Ian Horrocks, Bernardo Cuenca Grau, and Boris Motik of the University of Oxford.[13]

Parr has served on several boards since leaving Formula One. These include Cosworth, a high performance engineering firm based in Northampton[14] where he was a director for seven years, stepping down in 2019.

New Parr has helped found and fund several companies, including QuantumBlack Visual Analytics, OXMT, and Oxford Semantic Technologies which he co-founded in 2017 alongside Professors Ian Horrocks, Bernardo Cuenca Grau, and Boris Motik of the University of Oxford.[13]. Quantum Black is now part of McKinsey & Co [ref: https://www.mckinsey.com/about-us/new-at-mckinsey-blog/accelerating-with-quantumblack] and Samsung acquired Oxford Semantic Technologies in 2024. {ref: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/samsung-agrees-acquire-british-startup-oxford-semantic-ai-2024-07-17/].

Parr has served on several boards including Cosworth, a high performance engineering firm based in Northampton[14] where he was a director for seven years, stepping down in 2019. He chairs Apolitical and Downforce Technologies.

• Why it should be changed: To fix (minor) errors, add in missing links and update information that is out of date.
• References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):

Parr is no longer listed as a business fellow for the Smith School.

He is a research associate at Hertford.

Downforce Trust is now the Downforce Trust again, not Homeland Conservation.

Parr has founded several new companies, and pre-existing ones have been sold.

Thank you to the admin and moderation team for their dillegence.

~2026-11830-38 (talk) 17:00, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

The citations should be made complete and placed as inline citations in each item of New text. For example, the bare URL for Reuters should instead be done as a complete citation this way:

{{cite news | last=Lee | first=Joyce | title=Samsung agrees to acquire British startup Oxford Semantic for AI |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/samsung-agrees-acquire-british-startup-oxford-semantic-ai-2024-07-17/ |work=Reuters |date=17 July 2024 |access-date=22 March 2026}}

Any statement added should be supported by a citation, per Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. For example, the statements about degrees received and a name change need to be sourced.

For readability of the edit request, I suggest putting Current: and New: into boldface type, with punctuation: '''Current:''', '''New:''' Fiske (talk) 22:03, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

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Regards,  Spintendo  11:51, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

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