Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William J. Abraham

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The result was Withdrawn. Joe Chill (talk) 22:46, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

William J. Abraham[edit]

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I can't find significant coverage for this professor in Google, Google News, Google Books, and Google Scholar. Joe Chill (talk) 23:53, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - a fairly recent vintage Doctorate; I can't see what makes him notable. Bearian (talk) 04:41, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Change to keep per DGG. I did not read through his c.v. fully; an honorary degree and a collection of honorary essays surely make him pass WP:PROF. Thank you for the link to WorldCat. Bearian (talk) 21:13, 2 February 2010 (UTC) See also Festschrift. Bearian (talk) 21:14, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets WP:PROF as an authority in his field as shown by publications, the article lists 3 books by Oxford UP, 2 by the important specialist publisher Eerdmans, and an undergraduate textbook by a leading textbook publisher; there are actually about 20, according to WordCat. full professor at a major university, so this publication record is not surprising. The GScholar results above confirm that is work is substantially referred to. And as full prof, there is a volume devoted to his work, a festschrift: Immersed in the life of God : the healing resources of the Christian faith : essays in honor of William J. Abraham Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., ©2008. ISBN 9780802863966 worldCat. This is one of the defining characteristics of exceptional notability. The 2008 degree referred to above is an honorary degree; his actual D Phil is from Oxford, in 1977. DGG ( talk ) 04:49, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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