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- ↑ Metcalf, Knowles, pp. 216-217
- 1 2 One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Knowles, Sir James". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 876–877.
- ↑ Christopher A. Kent, "Metaphysical Society (act. 1869–1880)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, (http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/45584), 2004. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
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