Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Augustus Burke Shepherd


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The result was Keep. Clear consensus that the subject is notable. (non-admin closure) Devonian Wombat (talk) 03:02, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Augustus Burke Shepherd

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no notability here other then who he was married to, clearly fails WP:GNG Epluribusunumyall (talk) 11:24, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
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 * Comment. I found an obituary for Burke from the British Medical Journal noting that he was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. This alone isn't enough to establish notability, but it suggests that a more thorough WP:BEFORE is needed. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 17:24, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Burke's obituary in The Lancet notes that he delivered the Gulstonian Lectures in 1876 and served as the dean of St. Mary's Hospital. This might be enough here to pass WP:NACADEMIC, although the article will probably always be stubby. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 17:55, 16 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep based on sources provided by Lord Bolingbroke. Obituaries in The Lancet and BMJ, widely respected publications, appears to substantiate notability when combined with his activities. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:11, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:44, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - I've incorporated the newly-discovered sources into the article, thanks ! Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 11:37, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm going to formally !vote keep based on the above. Shepherd was clearly a prominent physician of his time, and we have enough sourcing for a reasonable stub. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 15:42, 23 May 2020 (UTC)


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