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- ↑ Channing, Edward; Joyce, Davis D. (1993). A history of the United States. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America. p. viii. ISBN 0819189154.
- ↑ "Obituary: Franklin L. Ford". Harvard Gazette. 18 September 2003. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ↑ "Steven Ozment" (pdf). Faculty of Arts & Sciences. Harvard University. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ↑ "Emma Dench receives named chair!". Department of the Classics. Harvard University. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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