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Raymond Dawson


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
February 15, 1923

Died
October 23, 2002

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Raymond Stanley Dawson was born in London, 15 February, 1923, and was
educated at Emanuel School, evacuated from London to Petersfield,
Hampshire, and then went up to Oxford.

At the outbreak of war Dawson joined the Royal Air Force, and trained
in South Africa as a navigator, & flew missions until late in WW2.

After the war he returned to Oxford, graduated in Greats in 1947. He
was invited to stay on at the university to read Chinese.

The Scarbrough scheme that funded this post-war cohort of students was
designed to create a group of potential teachers of Asian languages in
post-war Britain.

He was appointed Lecturer in Chinese Religion and Philosophy, Durham
University in 1952, which marked the foundation of Chinese Studies in
that University. He also
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