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- 1 2 Richard Hodder-Williams, A Directory of Africanists in Britain (Bristol: University of Bristol, 1990), p. 55.
- ↑ Richard J. Hayward, The Challenge of Omotic: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on 17 February 1994 (London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1995).
- ↑ David Appleyard, "Ethiopian Studies at SOAS - Past, Present and Future", Anglo-Ethiopian Society, 23 May 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- 1 2 "Professor Richard Hayward FBA", British Academy. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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