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Life Summary

Name	Laurence Frederic Fitzhardinge
Born	7 July, 1908 Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	31 October, 1993 (aged 85) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Related Entries	[View as tree] Fitzhardinge, Hope Verity (wife) Rutherford, James (grandfather) Hancock, William Keith (work colleague) Rowland, John Russell (pupil) Hughes, William Morris (subject)
Education *	Sydney Church of England Grammar School (student, 1920-1925) University of Sydney (student, ?-1930) Oxford University (student, 1931-1937)
Occupation or Descriptor *	librarian (1934-1944) Federal, Australia classicist (1945-1950) New South Wales, Australia academic (1951-1973) Australian Capital Territory, Australia historian (general) (1951-1993) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (advocate, 1947-1993) Canberra & District Historical Society (president, 1954-1955) Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (Editorial Board member, 1961-1976) Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (National Committee member, 1961-1983) Canberra & District Historical Society (president, 1961-1963) Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (author, 1966-1982) Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow, 1983) Royal Australian Historical Society (fellow, 1987)
Workplaces *	National Library of Australia (librarian, 1934-1944) University of Sydney (classics) (academic, 1945-1951) Australian National University (history) (academic, 1951-1973)

* Dates are approximate