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Humbert Wolfe
1885Jan, 5

Humbert Wolfe

Humbert Wolfe, Italian-English poet and civil servant (d. 1940)
Humbert Wolfe CB CBE (5 January 1885 – 5 January 1940) was an Italian-born British poet, man of letters and civil servant.

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