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- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (17 November 2016). "Gibbon". The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4 . Retrieved 23 June 2024.
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