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- ↑ "Nirenberg Awarded Ralph Waldo Emerson Award by Phi Beta Kappa". University of Chicago Department of History. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "Elizabeth Hinton has been awarded the Phi Beta Kappa 2017 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award". Harvard University | History Department. October 3, 2017. Archived from the original on December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
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