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Starting from the sentence:

それにもかかわらず、新渡戸と内村は女性の状況や権利に特別な関心を抱き、これについての文書を多数残している。

Do I need to add 2「自身」to give the meaning "Nitobe and Uchimura themselves"?

それにもかかわらず、新渡戸自身と内村自身は女性の状況や権利に特別な関心を抱き、これについての文書を多数残している。

Can I accomplish the meaning of "themselves" with only 1「自身」in the sentence after the second name be able to refer to both of them?

「新渡戸と内村自身は」

="Nitobe and Uchimura themselves"?

or will that merely mean

"Nitobe, and Uchimura himself"?

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The easiest and surest way to do it that would leave no room for misunderstanding (and maintain at least the fine newspaper article quality) would be to say:

「新渡戸、内村（の）[両氏自身]{りょうしじしん}」 or

「新渡戸・内村両氏自身」 or

「新渡戸[及]{およ}び内村（の）両氏自身」　

「両氏」 can be replaced by 「[両名]{りょうめい}」 without changing any nuance.

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    @seijitsu 氏 is like "Mr.", and I assume you're writing some objective article where 氏 after 新渡戸/内村 is rather undesirable. If that's the case, don't suddenly add 両氏 after their names, either. 「新渡戸・内村の両名自身」 would be OK, but I personally think simple 「新渡戸と内村自身」 is enough . – naruto Oct 23 '15 at 10:54