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- ↑ John McWhan at the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ↑ Scotsman (newspaper) 16 July 1943
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