About Denis Osborne
Lived 1932 – 2014 (aged 81–82). Denis Osborne was a British diplomat and academic.
Denis Gordon Osborne (17 September 1932 – 3 September 2014) was a British diplomat and academic.
Early life
Osborne was educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham and University College, Durham, where he graduated with a first-class degree in Physics in 1953. He completed a PhD at the same institution. In 1964 he joined the University of Dar es Salaam as Reader in Physics, becoming Professor in 1966 and dean of science in 1968.
In 1971, he served as a consultant with the World Bank in Malaysia, and in Ethiopia the following year. He donated some of his personal papers relating to his time in Africa to the Bodleian Library.
Personal Osborne was a member of the Athenaeum.
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British diplomat and academic (1932-2014)
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Denis Osborne died on 3 September 2014.
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Denis Osborne was a diplomat and academic.
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