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- ↑ "Dunn, Henry (1801–1878), educationist" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38813.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Henry Dunn (1801-1878): Educationalist", Claire Grey, Newsletter, Friends of West Norwood Cemetery, No. 95 (May 2019), pp. 7–11.
