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William Hardy McNeill

Canadian historian and writer (1917–2016).

Born October 31st, 1917 in Vancouver.

Died July 8th, 2016 at 98 years old in Torrington. [ref]

Occupations
historian, university teacher, writer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde