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- ↑ See Franke-Arnold on X/twitter, July 4, 2022 (responding to a photo of the Dr & Mrs Charles Mann reading room at the University of Glasgow): "Interesting naming convention in Glasgow's flagship #ARC. Could be rather confusing if @aidanarnold4 would be referred to as Dr Sonja Franke-Arnold and I as Prof Aidan Arnold?"
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