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Edwin Thumboo

Singaporean poet and academic · Singapore · On the map · Writers · Born 1933 · age 92

Edwin Nadason Thumboo B.B.M. and Bar, PJG is a Singaporean poet and academic who is regarded as one of the pioneers of English literature in Singapore.

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A view of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore (NUS) at Kent Ridge on 25 November 2006. Thumboo was Dean of the Faculty from 1980 to 1991, making him NUS's longest-serving dean.

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