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Alfred Rowse
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Born in Tregonissey, Cornwall
Born on 4th of December 1903
Died on 3rd of October 1997

Born 1903. Died 1997 - English historian.

Won scholarship to Oxford. Historical works included Tudor Cornwall (1941) and The England of Elizabeth (1950). Also wrote poetry, biographies of Shakespeare and Marlowe, and two volumes of autobiography.

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