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- ↑ "Green, (James) Maurice Spurgeon", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ See The Post-War History of the London Stock Market, ISBN 1852521392
- ↑ "A brief guide to the FT30". Financial Times. August 14, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- 1 2 The Financial System Today, by Eric E. Rowley. (Manchester University Press, 1987)
