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Born August 22, 1877 • Colombo • Sri Lanka
Died September 9, 1947 (aged 70) • Massachusetts
Notable Works “Catalogue of the Indian Collections in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston” • “History of Indian and Indonesian Art”
Subjects Of Study India • culture • the arts
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