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339:. Smithsonian Libraries. London : Henry Sotheran & Co.
412:"Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe | The Zoological Society of London"
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244:(1884 – ), who married Benjamin B. Ford in 1912.
194:(1873 – ), who was one of the main painters for
270:"Richard Bowdler Sharpe and his ten daughters"
222:(1876 – ), who married a Mr Ainsworth in 1919.
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24:A Monograph on Swallows
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