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Name	Arthur Llewellyn Basham
Born	24 May, 1914 Loughton, Essex, England
Died	27 January, 1986 (aged 71) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Jordens, Joseph Teresa (colleague) Gardiner, Kenneth (colleague)
Occupation *	academic (1965-1979) Australian Capital Territory, Australia Orientalist (1965-1979) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australian Academy of the Humanities (member, 1969-1986) Australian Academy of the Humanities (vice-president, 1970) Asian Studies Association of Australia (vice-president, 1977)
Workplaces *	Australian National University (Asian studies) (academic, 1965-1979) Australian National University (Asian studies) (dean, 1968-1970)

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