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- ↑ Haines, Catharine M. C.; Stevens, Helen M. (2001). International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950 . ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576070901.
- ↑ Miss Hilda Dent, The Times, 12 October 1956
- ↑ London Gazette supp. 14 June 1986
- ↑ Pamela Schwerdt obituary, The Guardian 6 Oct 2009
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