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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ authors:
 - family-names: Backhouse
   given-names: Oliver J.
 - family-names: Scott
-  given-names: Charles C. J.
+  given-names: Charles J. C.
 - family-names: Booth
   given-names: George H.
 title: "ebcc: Coupled cluster calculations on electron-boson systems"