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- ↑ RGS-IBG (2022). "Medals and Awards". OSF. RGS-IBG. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/QSDT4 . Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ↑ "Busk Award recipient - Professor James D Sidaway". www.rgs.org. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.