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- ↑ "Andrew Buchanan". The University of Glasgow Story. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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- ↑ "Edward Provan Cathcart". The University of Glasgow Story. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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