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- ↑ Celiac Disease Foundation Retrieved 15 July 2013
- ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp77
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- ↑ Newington Medal Recipients 2012 Retrieved 15 July 2013
- ↑ Columbia University Faculty Retrieved 15 July 2013
- ↑ New York Presbyterian Retrieved 15 July 2013
- ↑ "Green, Peter H. R", Trove, 2009