Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bart Van Es
He has written 3 books http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/701-2362904-9278717?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-ca&field-author=Bart%20van%20Es and a look on Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com.au/scholar?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&client=firefox-a&q=%22spenser%27s+forms+of+history%22&btnG=Search shows citations to his work, and some reviews of it. Someone with more expertise in the field is likely to be able to come up with more sources. Overall, I think this author/academic just passes the guidelines of 
— User:Kevin, 22:55, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PROF (Wikipedia:Notability)