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- ↑ Bott, Simon, ed. (1980). Who's Who of British Scientists 1980/81 (3rd ed.). Simon Books Limited. p. 317. ISBN 9780862290016.
- ↑ "Queen's Birthday Honours List", The Times Higher Education, 17 June 2005, retrieved 4 May 2015
- ↑ "Professor Ian Calman Muir MacLennan CBE FMedSci FRS". The Royal Society. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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