Death
He died at Cardigan,Ceredigion ] on 31 August 1998:
Walter Bryce Gallie, M.A., Emeritus Fellow of Peterhouse and Emeritus Professor of Political Science, died on Monday, 31 August 1998, aged 85 years. (Cambridge University Reporter, 7 October 1998.)Read more about this topic: W. B. Gallie
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