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673:Lutyens, Engelbert (1915). Knowles, Lees (ed.).
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548:Guinness Trust for Housing the Poor
498:. In 1912 he made a bequest to his
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368:Andrew Knowles and Sons
113:Sir George Wiliam Agnew
655:Knowles, Lees (1914).
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