File:George Sam Shepperson.png

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Description	Portrait of the British Africanist and historian George Albert Shepperson.
Author or copyright owner	University of Edinburgh
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: University of Edinburgh Immediate source: http://www.docs.is.ed.ac.uk/docs/lib-archive/bgallery/Gallery/records/nineteen2/shepperson.html
Date of publication	Unclear
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	George Shepperson
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	No available alternatives.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	One use in infobox only.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	No obvious commercial application. Picture is low-resolution and overexposed.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 2020
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File:George Sam Shepperson.png

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