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If there is any honor in all the world that I should like, it would be to be an honorary Jewish citizen.
A. L. Rowse
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A. L. Rowse
Age: 93 †
Born: 1903
Born: December 4
Died: 1997
Died: October 3
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Alfred Leslie Rowse
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