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- ↑ David Parrott. History Faculty Alumni Newsletter No. 3 (May 2005), University of Oxford, Faculty of History. Retrieved 13 July 2008
- ↑ "Obituary: Sir Lees Knowles. A Life of Public Service". The Times . 8 October 1928. p. 18.
- ↑ Home > About Trinity > Public Lectures > Lees Knowles Lectures > Past Lees Knowles Lecturers, Trinity College, Cambridge. Retrieved 13 July 2008
