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through his books, recordings, collecting and theoretical writings.
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122:Years active
91:(1982-09-29)
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1232:1982 deaths
1227:1908 births
1175:(1999/2000)
1072:5 September
1040:Harper p.26
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635:Anne Briggs
535:Turtle Dove
435:Solo albums
430:Discography
410:Folk Review
338:Anne Briggs
311:John Huston
191:smallholder
148:folk singer
140:A. L. Lloyd
36:A. L. Lloyd
1221:Categories
890:References
183:Wandsworth
177:Early life
144:Bert Lloyd
126:1950s–1982
113:Occupation
107:Folk music
79:Wandsworth
72:1908-02-29
57:Birth name
18:A.L. Lloyd
868:Moby Dick
517:Leviathan
420:in 1982.
418:Greenwich
322:Centre 42
306:Moby Dick
260:communism
224:Antarctic
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878:, 1970
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268:Nazism
116:Singer
103:Genres
860:Films
156:Spain
1151:ISBN
1114:link
1100:2014
1074:2019
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982:p.26
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256:BBC
142:or
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