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In addition to sources cited below, the main sources used to compile the above list are:
- Proceedings of the British Academy, vol. xviii (1932), pp. vii–xi, for all corresponding fellows elected from Foundation to 1932 inclusive.
- The annual Proceedings of the British Academy (appendix for the annual report; for the years 1933–70).
- The British Academy's Annual Reports (for the years 1971–98).
- "Review July 1998 – July 1999: AGM 1999, The Fellowship", British Academy. As archived at the Internet Archive on 12 December 2000.
- "Review July 1998 – July 1999: AGM 1999, The Fellowship", British Academy. As archived at the Internet Archive on 12 December 2000.
- "Annual elections at the British Academy's AGM", British Academy. 7 July 2000. As archived at the Internet Archive on 6 September 2004.
- "AGM 2001", British Academy. As archived at the Internet Archive on 4 August 2002.
- "Fellows Elected 2002", British Academy. As archived at the Internet Archive on 26 October 2002.
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- "Elections to the Fellowship 2006", British Academy. As archived at the Internet Archive on 4 August 2008.
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- British Academy Annual Report 2010/11 (London: The British Academy, 2011), p. 47.
- British Academy Annual Report 2011/12 (London: The British Academy, 2012), p. 49.
- British Academy Annual Report 2012/13 (London: The British Academy, 2013), pp. 37–38.
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Footnotes
- ↑ "About the British Academy". British Academy. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "How our Fellowship is organised", British Academy. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ↑ "Mr Obert Tanner FBA", The British Academy . Retrieved 1 October 2021.