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Martin Litchfield West

British philologist and classical scholar (1937–2015).

Born September 23rd, 1937 in London.

Died July 13th, 2015 at 77 years old in Oxford.

Occupations
classical philologist, classical scholar, musicologist, non-fiction writer, translator, university teacher, writer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner