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Name	Leonard John Hume
Born	2 April, 1926 Arncliffe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	6 February, 1993 (aged 66) Baranduda, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	motor vehicle accident
Education *	Murrumburrah High School (NSW) (student, 1939-1943) University of Sydney (student, 1944-1950) London School of Economics (student, 1954-1955)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1950-1961) Federal, Australia academic (1961-1988) Australian Capital Territory, Australia political scientist (1961-1993) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Key Organisations *	ANU Rugby Club (president)
Workplaces *	University of Sydney (economics) (teaching fellow, 1947-1949) Prime Minister & Cabinet (public servant, 1950-1958) Bureau of Agricultural Economics (federal) (public servant, 1958-1961) Australian National University (politics) (academic, 1961-1988)

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