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Name	John Herbert Syme
Born	1859 Victoria, Australia
Died	27 October, 1939 (aged ~ 80) Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Syme, Hugh Randall (son) Syme, Annabella (mother) Syme, David (father) King, Thomas (father-in-law) Syme, Arthur Edward (brother) Syme, Geoffrey (brother) King, Sarah Gwendolyn (sister-in-law) Large, Marguerite (sister-in-law) Large, Edwin Ryder (brother-in-law) King, William (uncle by marriage) Syme, Margaret Lucy (niece)
Education *	Scotch College (Melbourne) (student, 1871-1875) University of Melbourne (student, 1877-1879)
Occupation *	newspaper owner (1880-1938) Victoria, Australia
Clubs *	Athenaeum Club (Melbourne) (member, ?-1939) Melbourne Cricket Club (member, ?-1939) Yorick Club (Melbourne) (member, ?-1939)
Key Organisations *	Old Scotch Collegians Association (member, ?-1939) Victoria Racing Club (member, ?-1939)
Workplaces *	Age (Melbourne) newspaper (co-owner, 1880-1938) Leader (Melbourne) (co-owner, 1880-1938)

* Dates are approximate

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