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Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala
Sri lankan academic (1900–1976).
Born May 8th, 1900 in Colombo.
Died December 1st, 1976 at 76 years old in Colombo.
Occupations
anthropologist, biologist, herpetologist
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