How do I deserialize JSON data in C#

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Hi, can somebody help with the proper way to deserialize json data of this format:

[{person:{name:"James", age:26}}, {person:{name:"Mary", age:36}}, {person:{name:"Kofi", age:46}}]

The code i'am using is as below:

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("url");
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();

string json;

using (var sr = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
    json = sr.ReadToEnd();
}


var serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();

var persons= serializer.Deserialize<List<auto>>(json);

foreach (var item in persons)
{
    Console.Write("name:" + item.name + " and age: " + item.age);
}

the class I'am mapping to is as below:

public class person
{
  public string name{get;set;}
  public int age{get; set;}
}

I keep getting nulls and empty strings for the name and age properties when I run this code. I will appreciate it a lot if someone can help me out.