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Reed, John Harford (1901–1981)

solicitor, publisher and art patron

John Reed, with his wife, Sunday Reed, by Albert Tucker, 1943

John Reed, with his wife, Sunday Reed, by Albert Tucker, 1943

State Library of Victoria, 23287647

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John Reed, with his wife, Sunday Reed, by Albert Tucker, 1943

John Reed, with his wife, Sunday Reed, by Albert Tucker, 1943

State Library of Victoria, 23287647

Life Summary [details]

Birth

10 December, 1901
Logan, Evandale, Tasmania, Australia

Death

5 December, 1981 (aged 79)
Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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