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Move to France in 1950. Dad works in Paris for British Railways in France. Elementary school at Saint-Leu-la-Forêt an unhappy time for me. Move to La-Celle-St-Cloud . Brilliant teacher. Awarded scholarship to Lycée Hoche in Versailles . Discover the world of Egyptian antiquities in the Louvre Museum in Paris . My interest in deserts is aroused by an article on the fossil rivers of the Sahara. Leave France in late 1953.
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Williams, M. (2016). Boyhood in France (1950–1953). In: Nile Waters, Saharan Sands. Springer Biographies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25445-6_2
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