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LLD 
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Clergyman 
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MRI
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Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries: 
Proc Roy Soc 1847 No 69 p 712
References: 
A W Skempton and Joyce Brown, 'John and Edward Troughton, Mathematical Instrument Makers' in NR 1972-3 vol 27 pp 233-262
Notes: 
Citation reads "...residing at the Observatory,...personal knowledge of his qualifications...", "the Observatory," &amp; "of his qualifications" having been deliberately obscured. </Source>
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National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997</Conventions>
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