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In 1935, Cozens' mother Mary died, leaving £145 to Lewis and his brother David. In 1939, his father a civil servant also died, leaving Lewis £150 in his will. The unusual declaration in the will was reported in the
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in the immediate post-war years. He soon followed with books on the
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