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Ronald Syme
New zealand born british historian and classicist (1903-1989).
Born March 11th, 1903 in Eltham.
Died September 4th, 1989 at 86 years old in Oxford.
Occupations
classical scholar, historian, translator, university teacher
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy