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- ↑ Obituary The Times, Wednesday, Feb 18, 1976; pg. 18; Issue 59631; col F.
- ↑ ‘MOSS, John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 , accessed 19 May 2013
