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- ↑ Jane Martin, ‘Browne, Annie Leigh (1851–1936)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 12 Jan 2017
- ↑ Crawford, Elizabeth (2001). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866–1928. Psychology Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN 9780415239264.
- ↑ "Grove, Eleanor (1826–1905), educationist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48596 . Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ↑ "College Hall". UCL Bloomsbury Project. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ↑ "Catalogue of College Hall Archive" (PDF). University of London Archive. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- College Hall, University of London (downloadable from University of London web page)
- College Hall, University of London: Summer Housing (downloadable from University of London web page)
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