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William Albert Cowan
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- Bill Cowen
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1933-1984
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William Albert Cowan was born in 1908 in Dunedin, New Zealand, and educated at Otago Boys' School and the University of Otago, graduating with first class honours in Latin and French despite struggling financially. He gained a further degree in classics at the University College, London, also with first class honours. On his return to New Zealand he taught for a short time in at Wellington College in NZ before being appointed University Librarian at the Barr Smith Library in 1933. For mor information see : https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/mss/cowan/
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AU TAS UTAS SPARC M9