About Henry Ling Roth
Lived 1855 – 1925 (aged 70). Henry Ling Roth was an anthropologist, ethnologist, curator, exhibition curator and writer.
Henry Ling Roth (3 February 1855 – 12 May 1925) was an English-born anthropologist and museum curator, active in Australia.
Henry Ling Roth's collection of books was acquired by the library of the University of Manchester in 1917.
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Who was Henry Ling Roth?
British anthropologist
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Henry Ling Roth was born on 3 February 1855 in Brighton.
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Henry Ling Roth died on 12 May 1925 in Leeds.
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Henry Ling Roth was an anthropologist, ethnologist, curator, exhibition curator and writer.
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