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Professor Dr Walther Heissig FBA
Professor Dr Walther Heissig FBA
Elected 1988
Fellow type
Corresponding Fellow
Year of birth
1913
Year of death
2005
Year elected
1988
Honours
FBA
Current post
Professor Emeritus and former Director of Seminar für Sprach und Kulturwissenschaft Zentralasiens, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm Universität
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