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- Cousin, John W. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature . 1910.
- Mullin, Katherine. "Seccombe, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36001.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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