Lionel George Curtis: Quick Facts

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Born	March 7, 1872 • England
Died	November 24, 1955 (aged 83) • near Oxford • England

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Lionel George Curtis, detail of a portrait by Sir Oswald Birley, 1932; in the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London

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