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- ↑ "Fellows 1900–1999 | Queens' College".
- ↑ Bachelors: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases. 26 November 2008. ISBN 9780546654875.
- ↑ "University of Oxford History Faculty". www.history.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2006.
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