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Name	William Henry Tilly
Alternative Names	William Henry Tilley
Born	29 November, 1860 Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	29 September, 1935 (aged 74) Tenafly, New Jersey, United States of America
Cultural Heritage	English Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Bailey, Margaret Ann (pupil)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1880-1890) New South Wales, Australia linguist (1890-1914) Overseas internee (1914-1917) Overseas linguist (1917-1934) Overseas

* Dates are approximate