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- ↑ Stephens, Meic (27 October 2005). "Alun Creunant Davies". The Independent. London.
- ↑ Williams, Griffith John. "Alun Herbert Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
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