Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Anthony Spitzka


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The result was   keep. Wizardman 14:43, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Edward Anthony Spitzka

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This guy appears to be completely non-notable. Notability is not inherited. This man performed an autopsy on another man who is only notable because he assassinated the president once. This guy has no reason to be on wikipedia I can think of. Blackwasp01 (talk) 10:24, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Edward Anthony Spitzk is not only known for this autopsy. He was a famous neurologist and can be considered as one of the first neurologists. "(He and his father) went on to a career of note and each made a number of contributions in their respective fields. It is however, their participation in the 'neurology', as broadly defined, of the assassins of Presidents Garfield and McKinley that remains unique in neuroscience history"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11619027--Plindenbaum (talk) 12:36, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - He appears to have been notable for more than one "autopsy on another man who is only notable because he assassinated the president". His work seems to have received citations that can be found on google books and google scholar and his death in 1922 was considered notable enough to the New York Times. --Xagent86 (Talk | contribs) 13:42, 2 August 2008 (UTC)


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