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- ↑ "In memoriam: Hugh Barr Nisbet (24 August 1940 - 6 February 2021)". Publications of the English Goethe Society. 90 (2): 163–166. 4 May 2021. doi: 10.1080/09593683.2021.1926067 . ISSN 0959-3683. S2CID 235736279.
