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The result was delete. RL0919 (talk) 05:36, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

George F. Putnam[edit]

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Orphaned stub with almost no sources since creation. WP:BEFORE does not disclose any sources that would qualify under either WP:GNG or WP:NPROF Although searches are complicated by the existence of another George F. Putnam who is a mining executive, there is a paucity WP:SIGCOV. Even Google Scholar does not appear to retrieve anything beyond the one book noted in the article. May be retired since the University of Missouri-St. Louis does not list him as a faculty member. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 02:32, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 02:32, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 04:00, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete. He wasn't retired; he died over 30 years ago. The fact that this omission went unnoticed for so long may say something about his notability. I found an obituary and ten reviews of his one book, but I think multiple books are needed for WP:AUTHOR and that the book itself (despite its ten reviews) is too obscure for it to make sense to make an article about the book and redirect this article to it. His publications, citation record, and other accomplishments do not appear to pass WP:PROF, either. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:00, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete His book may have been notable, but he was not.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:27, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- A university lecturer who produced one book that attracted a number of reviews is (I fear) not enough for notability. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:16, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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