Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard MacDonnell (scholar)
The article needs expansion, but it is pretty clear that the subject is notable. In 19th century there were a lot fewer universities than there are now, so being a Provost of a major university would certainly have been a much bigger deal than it is today. So most likely passes criterion 6 of  in view of item 13 in the "Notes and Examples" section there. In any event, he also passes  as a googlebooks searchhttp://books.google.com/books?as_q=Trinity&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=Richard+MacDonnell&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_brr=3&lr=&as_vt=&as_auth=&as_pub=&as_sub=&as_drrb=c&as_miny=&as_maxy=&as_isbn= shows enough examples of specific and detailed biographical coverage, e.g. http://books.google.com/books?id=iPQIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA388&dq=Trinity+%22Richard+MacDonnell%22&lr=&as_brr=3http://books.google.com/books?id=gAkUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA154&dq=Trinity+%22Richard+MacDonnell%22&lr=&as_brr=3#PPA156,M1http://books.google.com/books?id=aBsCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA135&dq=Trinity+%22Richard+MacDonnell%22&lr=&as_brr=3
— User:Nsk92, 05:58, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PROF||WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)