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Bibliography of Biographical Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2010

Frederick Burkhardt
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American Council of Learned Societies
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Selected Letters of Charles Darwin, 1822–1859. Anniversary edition.
, pp. 242 - 243
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2008

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