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John Gray's role

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According to this article, John Gray, along with "Raffalovitch as benefactor", planned to build the church while he was serving as curate at St Patricks. As far as I can see, this is not directly supported by the quoted citations.

According to a news story on the BBC, Gray and Raffalovitch conceived the idea of building the church while Gray was convalescing in Rome from a bout of pneumonia.[1] The BBC story cites Jerusha Hull MacCormack's book as its source.[2]

Does anyone know which of these versions is correct? (I don't have access to MacCormack's book to verify this.) Mike Marchmont (talk) 17:32, 27 December 2023 (UTC) Mike Marchmont (talk) 17:32, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ McLean, Pauline (25 December 2023). "Church built on art perfect for artist's farewell". BBC News. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ MacCormack, Jerusha Hull (2000). The man who was Dorian Gray. Basingstoke: Palgrave. ISBN 0-333-96104-8.