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- ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ↑ Transactions off the Royal Society of Edinburgh vol.4
- ↑ "William Lochead – Botanical Gardens of St Vincent and the Grenadines". botanicalgarden.gov.vc.
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