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- ↑ ACK
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 197-74 p751: London; OUP; 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ Gitari, David. Troubled but not Destroyed: Autobiography p. 58 Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 21 February 2020)
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