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Proposed deletion of John Grason

The article John Grason has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

A search for references failed to find significant coverage in reliable sources to comply with notability requirements. This included web searches for news coverage, books, and journals, which can be seen from the following links:
John Grason – news, books, scholar
Consequently, this article is about a subject that appears to lack sufficient notability.

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