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Abkürzungen:

B&C The Life of William Robertson Smith. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1912.
Brown, J. H. Black J. S. and Chrystal G. W.: The Life of William Robertson Smith. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1912.
EB9 Encyclopaedia Britannica 9th Edition
FP Familienbesitz
JFW Edinburgh Corporation (ed.): John Forbes White – Miller, Collector, Photographer 1831-1904, Libraries and Museums Committee, 1970.
NCE Watt, Hugh u.a.: New College Edinburgh – A Centenary History, Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1946.