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Lang, John (67 works by all writing names, 1 work published or printed by) (a.k.a. Lang, John George) Also writes as: 'Mofussilite' (1 work); J. L.; 'Mof.'; 'Brother Jeffrey' Born: 19 Dec 1816 Parramatta, New South Wales Died: 20 Aug 1864 Mussoorie, India Gender: Male Expatriate Heritage: Jewish Departed from Australia: 1842 Archives: Search for literary archives for Lang, John

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John George Lang was born at Parramatta, New South Wales, in 1816, the grandson of emancipists. He was educated at Sydney College and matriculated to Trinity College, Cambridge, but was sent down for writing a blasphemous litany. Lang proceeded to read law at the Middle Temple and was called to the bar in 1841. That year Lang returned to Sydney with his wife, Lucy Peterson, whom he had married in 1839, and was admitted as a barrister to the Supreme Court. But Lang's convict ancestry made it diff....

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