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Name	Sir Ronald Sydney Nyholm
Born	29 January, 1917 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died	4 December, 1971 (aged 54) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cultural Heritage	Finnish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation *	chemist (1938-1955) New South Wales, Australia technical/TAFE college teacher (1940-1947) New South Wales, Australia academic (1947-1952) Overseas chemist (1947-1971) Overseas academic (1952-1955) New South Wales, Australia academic (1955-1971) Overseas

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