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- ↑ "Gray, Prof. Douglas", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ↑ "Strohm, Prof. Paul Holzworth", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ↑ "Prof Vincent Gillespie", Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ↑ "J.R.R. Tolkien Professorship of English Literature and Language". www.english.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-08.