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Name	Roslyn Betty Poignant
Alternative Names	Roslyn Betty Izatt
Born	12 May, 1927 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	7 November, 2019 (aged 92) England
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Jewish Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education *	Sydney Girls' High School (student, 1939-1944) University of Sydney (student, 1945)
Occupation or Descriptor *	anthropologist (1950-1956) New South Wales, Australia anthropologist (1956-2019) Overseas children's author (1956-1980) Overseas historian (general) (1956-2019) Overseas
Key Organisations *	Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain (member)

* Dates are approximate

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