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- ↑ Nitzsche, George Erasmus (1918), University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Traditions, Buildings and Memorials; Also a Brief Guide to Philadelphia (7th ed.), Philadelphia: International Printing Company, p. 238, OCLC 65488397
- 1 2 "Faculty History: 1750–1899". University of Pennsylvania Department of Mathematics. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
- ↑ Pennsylvania, University of (1899), Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania 1899–1900, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, p. 27, OCLC 183432992
- ↑ Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania 1915–1916, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1915, p. 32, OCLC 183432992
- ↑ Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania 1921–1922, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1921, p. 26, OCLC 183432992
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Thomas A. Scott Professorship in Mathematics". University of Pennsylvania Department of Mathematics. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
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