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Pump
Handbook
EDITED BY
Igor J. Karassik
Joseph P. Messina
Paul Cooper
Charles C. Heald
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Able, Stephen D., B.S. (M.E.), MBA, M.S. (Eng) SECTION 3.6 DIAPHRAGM PUMPS
Senior Engineering Consultant, Ingersoll-Rand Fluid Products, Bryan, OH
Addie, Graeme, B.S. (M.E.) SUBSECTION 9.16.2 APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION
OF CENTRIFUGAL SOLIDS HANDLING PUMPS
Vice President, Engineering and R&D, GIW Industries, Inc., Grovetown, GA
Arnold, Conrad L., B.S., (E.E.) SUBSECTION 6.2.3 FLUID COUPLINGS
Director of Engineering, American Standard Industrial Division, Detroit, MI
Ashton, Robert D., B.S. (E.T.M.E.) SUBSECTION 2.2.4 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
INJECTION-TYPE SHAFT SEALS
Manager, Proposal Applications, Byron Jackson Pump Division, Borg-Warner
Industrial Products, Inc., Long Beach, CA
Bean, Robert, B.A.(Physics), M.S. (M.E.) SECTION 3.6 DIAPHRAGM PUMPS
Engineering Manager, Milton Roy Company, Flow Control Division, Ivyland, PA
Beck, Wesley W., B.S. (C.E.), P.E. CHAPTER 13 PUMP TESTING
Hydraulic Consulting Engineer, Denver, CO. Formerly with the Chief Engineers Office
of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Benjes, H. H., Sr., B.S. (C.E.), P.E. SECTION 9.2 SEWAGE TREATMENT
Retired Partner, Black & Veatch, Engineers-Architects, Kansas City, MO
LIST OF
CONTRIBUTORS
*
ix
*Note: Positions and affiliations of the contributors generally are those held at the time the respective contributions were
made.

x LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Bergeron, Wallace L., B.S. (E.E.) SUBSECTION 6.1.2 STEAM TURBINES
Senior Market Engineer, Elliott Company, Jeannette, PA
Birgel, W. J., B.S. (E.E.) SUBSECTION 6.2.1 EDDY -CURRENT COUPLING
President, VS Systems, Inc., St. Paul, MN
Birk, John R., B.S. (M.E.), P.E. SECTION 9.6 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Consultant, Senior Vice President (retired),The Duriron Company, Inc., Dayton, OH
Brennan, James R., B.S. (M.I.E.) SECTION 3.7 SCREW PUMPS;SECTION 9.17 OIL WELLS
Manager of Engineering, Imo Pump, a member of the Colfax Pump Group, Monroe, NC
Buse, Frederic W., B.S. (Marine Engrg.) SECTION 2.2.7.1 SEALLESS PUMPS:MAGNETIC
DRIVE PUMPS;SECTION 3.1 POWER PUMP THEORY;SECTION 3.2 POWER PUMP DESIGN
AND CONSTRUCTION;SECTION 5.2 MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION FOR NONMETALLIC
(COMPOSITE) PUMPS;SECTION 9.6 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Retired Senior Engineering Consultant, Flowserve Corporation, Phillipsburg, NJ
Cappellino, C. A., B.S. (M.E./I.E.), M.S. (Product Dev’t.), P.E. SECTION 9.8 PULP AND
PAPER MILLS
Engineering Project Manager, ITT Fluid Technology Corp., Industrial Pump Group
Chaplis, William K., B.S. (M.E.), MBA SECTION 3.1 POWER PUMP THEORY;
SECTION 3.2 POWER PUMP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Product Engineering Manager, Flowserve Corporation, Phillipsburg, NJ
Clopton, D. E., B.S. (C.E.), P.E. SECTION 9.1 WATER SUPPLY
Assistant Project Manager,Water Quality Division, URS/Forrest and Cotton, Inc.,
Consulting Engineers, Dallas, TX
Cooper, Paul, B.S. (M.E.). M.S. (M.E.), Ph.D. (Engrg.), P.E. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION:
CLASSIFICATION AND SELECTION OF PUMPS;SECTION 2.1 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP THEORY;
SECTION 2.2.6 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP MAGNETIC BEARINGS;SECTION 2.3.1 CENTRIFUGAL
PUMPS:GENERAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS;SECTION 9.19.2 LIQUID ROCKET
PROPELLANT PUMPS
Retired Director,Advanced Technology, Ingersoll-Dresser Pumps, now Flowserve
Corporation, Phillipsburg, NJ
Costigan, James L., B.S. (Chem.) SECTION 9.9 FOOD AND BEVERAGE PUMPING
Sales Manager, Tri-Clover Division, Ladish Company, Kenosha, WI
Cunningham, Richard G., B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (M.E.), Ph.D. (M.E.)
SECTION 4.1 JET PUMP THEORY
Vice President Emeritus for Research and Graduate Studies and Professor Emertitus
of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Cutler, Donald B., B.S. (M.E.) SUBSECTION 6.3.1 PUMP COUPLINGS AND
INTERMEDIATE SHAFTING
Techncial Services Manager, Rexnord Corporation,Warren, PA
Cygnor, John E., B.S. (M.E.) SUBSECTION 9.19.1 AIRCRAFT FUEL PUMPS
Retired Manager,Advanced Fluid Systems, Hamilton Sundstrand, Rockford, IL
Czarnecki, G. J., B.Sc., M.Sc. (Tech.) SECTION 3.7 SCREW PUMPS
Chief Engineer (Retired), Imo Pump, a member of the Colfax Pump Group, Monroe, NC
Dahl,Trygve, B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (M.E. Systems), Ph.D. (M.E.), P.E.
CHAPTER 11 SELECTING AND PURCHASING PUMPS
Chief Technology Officer, IntellEquip, Inc., Bethlehem, PA. Formerly with
Ingersoll-Dresser Pump Co., now part of Flowserve Corporation.

DiMasi, Mario, B.S. (M.E.), M.B.A. SECTION 9.4 FIRE PUMPS
District Manager, Peerless Pump, Union, NJ
Divona, A. A., B.S. (M.E.) SUBSECTION 6.1.1 ELECTRIC MOTORS AND
MOTOR CONTROLS
Account Executive, Industrial Sales,Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Hillside, NJ
Dolan, A. J., B.S. (E.E.), M.S. (E.E.), P.E. SECTION 6.1.1 ELECTRIC MOTORS AND
MOTOR CONTROLS
Fellow District Engineer,Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Hillside, NJ
Dornaus, Wilson L., B.S. (C.E.), P.E. SECTION 10.1 INTAKES,SUCTION PIPING,
AND STRAINERS
Pump Consultant, Lafayette, CA
Drane, John, C.Eng., M.I. Chem.E. SECTION 9.9 FOOD AND BEVERAGE PUMPING
Technical Support Engineer, Mono Pumps Limited, Manchester, England, UK
Eller, David, B.S. (A.E.), P.E. SUBSECTION 6.3.2 HYDRAULIC PUMP AND MOTOR
POWER-TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
President and Chief Engineer, M&W, Pump Corporation, Deerfield Beach, FL
°Elvitsky, A.W., B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (M.E.), P.E. SECTION 9.7 PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
Vice-President and Chief Engineer, United Centrifugal Pumps, San Jose, CA
*Foster, W. E., B.S. (C.E.), P.E. SECTION 9.2 SEWAGE TREATMENT
Partner, Black & Veatch, Engineers-Architects, Kansas City, MO
°Fraser, Warren H., B.M.E. SECTION 2.3.2 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP HYDRAULIC
PERFORMANCE AND DIAGNOSTICS
Chief Design Engineer,Worthington Pump Group, McGraw-Edison Company,
Harrison, NJ
Freeborough, Robert M., B.S. (Min. E.) SECTION 3.3 STEAM PUMPS
Manager, Parts Marketing, Worthington Corporation, Timonium, MD
Furst, Raymond B. SUBSECTION 9.19.2 LIQUID ROCKET PROPELLANT PUMPS
Retired Manager of Hydrodynamics, Rocketdyne, now The Boeing Company,
Canoga Park, CA
Giddings, J. F., Diploma, Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil Engineering
SECTION 9.8 PULP AND PAPER MILLS
Development Manager, Parsons & Whittemore, Lyddon, Ltd., Croydon, England
Glanville, Robert H., M.E. SECTION 9.15 METERING
Vice President Engineering, BIF,A Unit of General Signal, Providence, RI
Guinzburg, Adiel, B.Sc. (Aero. E.), M.S. (Aero.), Ph.D. (M.E.)
SUBSECTION 9.19.2 LIQUID ROCKET PROPELLANT PUMPS
Engineering Specialist, Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power,The Boeing Company,
Canoga Park, CA
°Gunther, F. J., B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (M.E.) Subsection 6.1.3 ENGINES
Late Sales Engineer, Waukesha Motor Company, Waukesha, WI
Haentjens, W. D., B.M.E., M.S. (M.E.), P.E. SECTION 9.10 MINING
Manager, Special Pumps and Engineering Services, Hazleton Pumps, Inc., Hazleton, PA
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS xi
°Deceased.

xii LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Hawkins, Larry, B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (M.E.) SUBSECTION 2.2.6 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
MAGNETIC BEARINGS
Principal, Calnetix, Torrance, CA
Heald, Charles C., B.S. (M.E.) SUBSECTION 2.2.1 CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS:MAJOR
COMPONENTS;SUBSECTION 9.7 PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;SECTION 10.1 INTAKES,SUCTION
PIPING, AND STRAINERS;CHAPTER 12 INSTALLATION,OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE
Retired Manager of Engineering, Ingersoll-Dresser Pumps, now Flowserve Corporation,
Phillipsburg, NJ
Hendershot, J. R., B.S. (Physics) SUBSECTION 6.1.1 ELECTRIC MOTORS AND MOTOR
CONTROLS;SUBSECTION 6.2.2 SINGLE-UNIT ADJUSTABLE-SPEED ELECTRIC DRIVES
President, Motorsoft, Inc., Lebanon, OH
Honeycutt, F. G, Jr., B.S. (C.E.) P.E. SECTION 9.1 WATER SUPPLY
Assistant Vice President and Head Water Quality Division, URS/Forrest and Cotton,
Inc., Consulting Engineers, Dallas, TX
House, D. A., B.S. (M.E.) SECTION 9.2 SEWAGE TREATMENT
Product Engineering Manager, Flowserve Corporation,Taneytown, MD
Ingram, James H., B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (M.E.) SUBSECTION 2.3.3 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE,INSTRUMENTATION, AND DIAGNOSTICS
Senior Engineering Specialist, Monsanto Fibers and Intermediates Company,
Texas City, TX
Jackson, Charles, B.S. (M.E.), A.A.S. (Electronics), P.E. SUBSECTION 2.3.3
CENTRIFUGAL PUMP MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE,INSTRUMENTATION, AND DIAGNOSTICS
Distinguished Fellow, Monsanto Corporate Engineering, Texas City, TX
Jaskiewicz, Stephen A., B.A. (Chemistry) SUBSECTION 2.2.7.2 SEALLESS PUMPS:
CANNED MOTOR PUMPS
Product Manager, Chempump (Division of Crane Pumps & Systems, Inc.),
Warrington, PA
Jones, Graham, B.S. (M.E.), M.B.A. SUBSECTION 2.2.6 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP MAGNETIC
BEARINGS
Former Project Manager for Magnetic Bearings,Technology Insights, San Diego, CA
Jones, R. L., B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (M.E.), P.E. SUBSECTION 9.7 PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
Senior Staff Engineer, Shell Chemical Company, Shell Oil Products Company,
Houston, TX
Jumpeter, Alex M., B.S. (Ch.E.) SUBSECTION 4.2 JET PUMP APPLICATIONS
Engineering Manager, Process Equipment, Schutte and Koerting Company, Cornwells
Heights, PA
Kalix, David A., B.S. (C.E.), P.E. (M.E.) SUBSECTION 2.3.4 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP MINIMUM
FLOW CONTROL SYSTEMS
Senior Product Development Engineer,Yarway Corporation, Blue Bell, PA
°Karassik, Igor J., B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (M.E.), P.E. SUBSECTION 2.2.1 CENTRIFUGAL
PUMPS:MAJOR COMPONENTS;SECTION 2.4 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP PRIMING;SECTION 9.5
STEAM POWER PLANTS;CHAPTER 12 INSTALLATION,OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE
Chief Consulting Engineer,Worthington Group, McGraw-Edison Company, Basking
Ridge, NJ
°Deceased.

Kawohl, Rudolph, Dipl. Ing. SECTION 9.4 FIRE PUMPS
Retired Engineering Manager, Ingersoll-Dresser Pumps, now Flowserve Corporation,
Arnage, France
Kittredge, C. P., B.S. (C.E.), Doctor of Technical Science (M.E.) SUBSECTION 2.3.1
CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS:GENERAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
Consulting Engineer, Princeton, NJ
Koch, Richard P., B.S. (M.E.) SECTION 9.5 STEAM POWER PLANTS
Manager of Engineering, Pump Services Group, Flowserve Corporation, Phillipsburg, NJ
Kron, H. O., B.S. (M.E.), P.E. SUBSECTION 6.2.4 GEARS
Executive Vice President, Philadelphia Gear Corporation, King of Prussia, PA
°Krutzsch, W. C., B.S. (M.E.), P.E. SI UNITS—A COMMENTARY;CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION:
CLASSIFICATION AND SELECTION OF PUMPS
Late Director, Research and Development, Engineered Products,Worthington Pump
Group, McGraw-Edison Company, Harrison, NJ
Landon, Fred K., B.S. (Aero. E.), P.E. SUBSECTION 6.3.1 PUMP COUPLINGS AND
INTERMEDIATE SHAFTING
Manager, Engineering, Rexnord, Inc., Houston, TX
Larsen, Johannes, B.S. (C.E.), M.S. (M.E.) SECTION 10.2 INTAKE MODELING
Retired Vice President,Alden Research Laboratory, Inc., Holden, MA
Lippincott, J. K., B.S. (M.E.) SECTION 3.7 SCREW PUMPS
Vice President, General Manager (Retired), Imo Pump, a member of the Colfax Pump
Group, Monroe, NC
Little, C. W., Jr., B.E. (E.E.), D. Eng. SECTION 3.8 VANE,GEAR, AND LOBE PUMPS
Former Vice President, General Manager, Manufactured Products Division,Waukesha
Foundry Company, Waukesha, WI
Maxwell, Horace J., B.S. (M.E.) SUBSECTION 2.3.4 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP MINIMUM FLOW
CONTROL SYSTEMS
Director of Engineering,Yarway Corporation, Blue Bell, PA
Mayo, Howard A., Jr., B.S. (M.E.), P.E. SUBSECTION 6.1.4 HYDRAULIC TURBINES;
SECTION 9.13 PUMPED STORAGE
Consulting Engineer, Hydrodynamics Ltd.,York, PA
McCaul, Colon O., B.S., M.S. (Metallurgical Engrg.), P.E. SECTION 5.1 METALLIC
MATERIALS OF PUMP CONSTRUCTION
Senior Engineering Consultant, Flowserve Corporation, Phillipsburg, NJ
Messina, Joseph P., B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (C.E.), P.E. SECTION 8.1 GENERAL
CHARACTERISTICS OF PUMPING SYSTEMS AND SYSTEM-HEAD CURVES;SECTION 8.2
BRANCH-LINE PUMPING SYSTEMS
Consultant
Miller, Ronald S., B.Sc. (M.E.), B.Sc (Metallurgical Engrg.)
SECTION 5.1 METALLIC MATERIALS OF PUMP CONSTRUCTION
Manager,Advanced Materials Engineering, Ingersoll-Rand Company
Moll, Steven A., B.S. (E.E.) SECTION 6.2.1 EDDY -CURRENT COUPLINGS
Senior Marketing Representative, Electric Machinery, Minneapolis, MN
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS xiii
°Deceased.

Moyes, Thomas L., B.S. (M.E.) SUBSECTION 9.18 CRYOGENIC LIQUEFIED GAS SERVICE
Chief Engineer - R&D, Flowserve Corporation, Tulsa, OK
Netzel, James P., B.S. (M.E.) SUBSECTION 2.2.2 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP PACKING;
SUBSECTION 2.2.3 CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS:MECHANICAL SEALS
Chief Engineer, John Crane, Inc., Morton Grove, IL
Nolte, P. A., B.S. (M.E.) SECTION 9.20 PORTABLE TRANSFER OF HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS
Director of Agricultural Business, Flowserve Corporation, Memphis, TN
Nuta, D., B.S. (C.E.), M.S. (Applied Mathematics and Computer Science), P.E.
SUBSECTION 9.14.2 NUCLEAR PUMP SEISMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Associate Consulting Engineer, Ebasco Services, Inc., New York, NY
O’Keefe, W., A.B., P.E. SUBSECTION 2.3.4 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP MINIMUM FLOW
CONTROL SYSTEMS;CHAPTER 7 PUMP CONTROLS AND VALVES
Editor, Power Magazine, McGraw-Hill Publications Company, New York, NY
°Olson, Richard G., M.E. M.S., P.E. SECTION 6.1.5 GAS TURBINES
Late Marketing Supervisor, International Turbine Systems,Turbodyne Corporation,
Minneapolis, MN
Padmanabhan, Mahadevan, B.S. (C.E.), M.S. (C.E.), Ph.D., P.E.
SECTION 10.2 INTAKE MODELING
Vice President,Alden Research Laboratory, Inc. Holden, MA
Parmakian, John, B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (C.E.), P.E. SECTION 8.3 WATERHAMMER
Consulting Engineer, Boulder, CO
Parry, W. E., Jr., B.S. (M.E.), P.E. SUBSECTION 9.14.1 NUCLEAR ELECTRICAL GENERATION;
SUBSECTION 9.14.2 NUCLEAR PUMP SEISMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Project Engineering Manager, Nuclear Equipment/Vertical Pumps, Flowserve
Corporation, Phillipsburg, NJ
Patel,Vinod P., B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (Metallurgical Engrg.), P.E.
CHAPTER 11 SELECTING AND PURCHASING PUMPS
Senior Principal Engineer, Machinery Technology, Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc.,
Houston, TX
Peacock, James H., B.S. (Met.E.) SECTION 9.6 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Manager, Materials Division,The Duriron Company, Inc., Dayton, OH
Platt, Robert A., B.E., M.E., P.E. SECTION 3.8 VANE,GEAR AND LOBE PUMPS
General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Carver Pump Company, Muscatine, IA
Potthoff, E. O., B.S. (E.E.), P.E. SUBSECTION 6.2.2 SINGLE-UNIT ADJUSTABLE-SPEED
ELECTRIC DRIVES
Industrial Engineer (retired), Industrial Sales Division, General Electric Company,
Schenectady, NY
Prang, A. J. SECTION 3.7 SCREW PUMPS
Manager, Engineering and Quality Assurance, Flowserve Corporation, Brantford,
Ontario, Canada
Ramsey, Melvin A., M.E., P.E. SECTION 9.12 REFRIGERATION,HEATING, AND
AIR CONDITIONING
Consulting Engineer, Schenectady, NY
xiv LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
°Deceased.

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS xv
°Rich, George R., B.S. (C.E.), C.E., D.Eng., P.E. SECTION 9.13 PUMPED STORAGE
Late Director, Senior Vice President, Chief Engineer, Chas. T. Main, Inc., Boston, MA
Robertson, John S., B.S. (C.E.), P.E. SECTION 9.3 DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION
Chief, Electrical and Mechanical Branch, Engineering and Construction, Headquarters,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Roll, Daniel R., B.S. (M.E.), P.E. SECTION 9.8 PUMP AND PAPER MILLS
Vice President, Engineering & Development, Finish Thompson Inc, Erie, PA
Rupp, Warren E. SECTION 3.6 DIAPHRAGM PUMPS
President, The Warren Rupp Company, Mansfield, OH
Sellgren, Anders, M.S. (C.E.), Ph.D. (Hydraulics) SUBSECTION 9.16.1 HYDRAULIC
TRANSPORT OF SOLIDS;SUBSECTION 9.16.2 APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF CENTRIFUGAL
SOLIDS HANDLING PUMPS
Professor, Division of Water Resources Engineering, Lulea University of Technology,
Lulea, Sweden
Sembler, William J., B.S. (Marine Eng.), M.S. (M.E.) SECTION 9.11 MARINE PUMPS
Tenured Associate Professor, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY
Shapiro, Wilbur, B.S., M.S. SUBSECTION 2.2.5 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP OIL FILM
JOURNAL BEARINGS
Consultant, Machinery Components, Niskayuna, NY
Shikasho, Satoru, B.S. (M.E.), P.E. SECTION 9.21 WATER PRESSURE BOOSTER SYSTEMS
Chief Product Engineer, Packaged Products, ITT Bell & Gossett, Morton Grove, IL
Smith, L. R. SECTION 9.18 CRYOGENIC LIQUIFIED GAS SERVICE
Retired, formerly of J. C. Carter Company, Costa Mesa, CA
Smith, Will, B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (M.E.), P.E. SECTION 3.5 DISPLACEMENT PUMP FLOW
CONTROL;SUBSECTION 9.16.3 CONSTRUCTION OF SOLIDS-HANDLING DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
Engineering Product Manager, Custom Pump Operations,Worthington Division,
McGraw-Edison Company, Harrison, NJ
Snyder, Milton B., B.S. (B.A.) SUBSECTION 6.2.5 ADJUSTABLE-SPEED BELT DRIVES
Sales Engineer, Master-Reeves Division, Reliance Eectric Company, Columbus, IN
Sparks, Cecil R., B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (M.E.), P.E. SECTION 8.4 PUMP NOISE
Director of Engineering Physics, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX
Szenasi, Fred R., B.S. (M.E.), M.S. (M.E.), P.E. SECTION 3.4 DISPLACEMENT PUMP
PERFORMANCE,INSTRUMENTATION, AND DIAGNOSTICS;SECTION 8.4 PUMP NOISE
Senior Project Engineer, Engineering Dynamics Inc., San Antonio,TX
Taylor, Ken W., MIProdE. CEng. SECTION 9.15 METERING
Vice President, Global Business Development, Wayne Division, Dresser Equipment
Group, a Halliburton Company
Tullo, C. J., P.E. SECTION 2.4 CENTRIFUGAL PUMP PRIMING
Chief Engineer (retired), Centrifugal Pump Engineering,Worthington Pump, Inc.,
Harrison, NJ
Vance, William M., M.B.A. SECTION 9.17 OIL WELLS
Senior Project Sales Engineer,Weir Pumps Limited, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
°Deceased.
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