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(Preston Theodore King, born 3 March 1936...)
- 1 2 "Professor who lived in exile for 39 years returns to U.S. from England after Clinton pardons him", Jet , Johnson Publishing Company: 38–40, March 13, 2000.
- ↑ "Prof Preston King Authorised Biography", Debrett's People of Today, retrieved January 15, 2013.
