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Fellows of the British Academy
Sir William Deakin FBA
Sir William Deakin FBA
Elected 1980
Fellow type
Honorary Fellow
Year of birth
1913
Year of death
2005
Year elected
1980
Honours
Hon FBA
Current post
formerly Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford
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