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- ↑ "Parasitology Research & Encyclopedic Reference of Parasitology" (PDF). University of Würzburg. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011.
- ↑ Pollard, A. F.; Wallis, Patrick (2004). "Wotton, Edward (1492–1555)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29999 . Retrieved 2011-10-24.(subscription or UK public library membership required)