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- Roots, Ivan. "Burton, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4139.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Burton, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
