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Name	Leigh Ross Chambers
Born	19 November, 1932 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Died	18 October, 2017 (aged 84) Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Education *	Université de Grenoble (France) (student, ?-1967) University of Sydney (student) University of New England (NSW) (student, 1949-1952)
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1964-1975) New South Wales, Australia literary scholar (1964-1975) New South Wales, Australia academic (1975-2002) Overseas literary scholar (1975-2017) Overseas
Awards	Officier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France) (recipient)
Key Organisations *	American Academy of Arts and Sciences (fellow, ?-2017) Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow, ?-2017)
Workplaces *	Sydney Boys' High School (schoolteacher, 1955-1957) University of Queensland (French) (academic, 1957-1959) University of New South Wales (French) (academic, 1964-1971) University of Sydney (French) (academic, 1971-1975) University of Michigan (USA) (academic, 1975-2002)

* Dates are approximate

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