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Also Known As	Haniel Clark Long
Born	March 9, 1888 • Yangon • Myanmar
Died	October 17, 1956 (aged 68) • Minnesota
Notable Works	“Interlinear to Cabeza de Vaca: His Relation of the Journey from Florida to the Pacific”
Subjects Of Study	St. Augustine • “The Confessions of St. Augustine”

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