1915 - 1983
Bettina Gorton American Writer
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| First Name |
Bettina
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| Last Name |
Gorton
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| Birthday |
23rd June, 1915
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| Birthplace |
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
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| Died |
2nd October, 1983
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Writer
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Bettina Edith Gorton, Lady Gorton (née Brown; 23 June 1915 – 2 October 1983) was an American-born academic who was best known as the first wife of John Gorton, the 19th Prime Minister of Australia. She was born in Portland, Maine, met her husband while studying in France, and married in 1935. She developed an interest in South-East Asian culture relatively late in life, learning to speak Malay and Javanese and completing her first university degree at the age of 50. She was involved with a long-running Australian National University project to compile a Malay–English dictionary, although she curtailed her involvement during her husband's prime ministership (1968–1971).
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