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Name	James Noel Adams
Born	24 September, 1943 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	11 October, 2021 (aged 78) England
Cause of Death	heart disease
Education *	North Sydney Boys High School (student, 1956-1960) University of Sydney (student, 1961-1964) Oxford University (student, 1967-1970)
Occupation *	academic (1970-2010) Overseas philologist (1970-2010) Overseas
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 2015)
Key Organisations *	British Academy (fellow, 1992-2015) Australian Academy of the Humanities (honorary fellow, 2002-2015) Academia Europaea (member, 2007-2015) Kenyon Medal (British Academy) (recipient, 2009)

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