]]Alasdair George S. Clayre (9 October 1935 - 10 January 1984) was a British man of many talents: author, broadcaster, singer-songwriter, and academic. He was educated at Oxford University and was a Prize Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Clayre took his own life in 1984 by jumping in front of a train. Clayre was born in Southampton on 9 October 1935.Date of birth given in death index for 1984. General Register Office, London. He won a scholarship to Winchester College, where he became head boy, and a further scholarship to Oxford University where, as an undergraduate, his intellect was compared to that of Isaiah Berlin. He graduated with a congratulatory first class degree - the highest class of degree awarded at Oxford (see British undergraduate degree classification) - and won a Prize Fellowship to All Soul's College - one of the highest academic honours in the United Kingdom. Clayre recorded two albums of

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