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description: Welsh educator, Civil Servant
birth date: 1948-06-16
birth place: Talysarn
nationality: United Kingdom
spouse: Roy Stephens
alumni of: Somerville College
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award: Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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retrieved: 2021-04-25

source: Virtual International Authority File
stated in qid: Q54919
retrieved: 2025-05-03

source: The London Gazette 50087
stated in qid: Q109203515

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