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- 1 2 University of South Carolina -- University Libraries - News, Events & Exhibits Scholar Trevor Howard-Hill passes away. June 1, 2011.
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- ↑ Howard-Hill, Trevor (1960). Spelling-Analysis and Ralph Crane: a Preparatory Study of His Life, Spelling, and Scribal Habits (Doctoral thesis). Open Access Repository Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington. doi: 10.26686/wgtn.16958434 .
- ↑ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Archived 2014-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
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