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| Title | The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith, Volume 7 The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith, Leslie Stephen |
| Contributors | Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee |
| Publisher | H. Milford, 1922 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Aug 2005 |
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