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Name	Ernest Henry Clark Oliphant
Born	14 August, 1862 East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	20 April, 1936 (aged 73) South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1892-1899) Victoria, Australia newspaper editor (1899-1903) Tasmania, Australia magazine/journal editor (1903-1918) Victoria, Australia Shakespearean scholar (1903-1936) Victoria, Australia contemporary-affairs commentator (1914-1914) Victoria, Australia literary scholar (1914-1936) Victoria, Australia playwright (1915-1936) Victoria, Australia journalist (1918-1925) Victoria, Australia academic (1932-1936) Victoria, Australia radio entertainer (1932-1936) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate