Arthur Keppel-Jones
Arthur Keppel-Jones | |
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| Born | 20 January 1909 |
| Died | 18 February 1996 (aged 87) Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Resting place | Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | South African, British, Canadian |
| Spouse |
Eileen Mary Bate (before 1996) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Harold Keppel-Jones, Evelyn Bickley |
| Academic background | |
| Education | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Institutions | |
Arthur Mervyn Keppel-Jones (20 January 1909 – 18 February 1996), historian, author and professor, was born at Rondebosch, Cape Colony. He attended the University of Cape Town where he received a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in 1928 and Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1943. In 1929 he received a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Oxford University where he received a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in 1931 and a Master of Arts degree in 1940. Keppel-Jones had a distinguished teaching career at the University of Witwatersrand (1933-1934, 1936-1953), and Natal University College (1935). During the academic year 1953/54 he taught at Queen's University at Kingston and, in 1959, due to the racial-political solution in his homeland, he emigrated with his family to Canada,[1] returning to Queen's University where he remained until his retirement in 1976. As an advocate of racial harmony, Keppel-Jones wrote a number of books and articles and was active in numerous organizations. He died in Kingston in 1996.[2][3]
Selected works
- Keppel-Jones, Arthur (1947). When Smuts Goes. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: Shuter & Shooter. OCLC 610387196.
- Keppel-Jones, Arthur (1961). South Africa, A Short History (4th ed.). London, U.K.: Hutchinson. OL 31888740M.
References
- ^ Visser, Nicholas (1993). "The Politics of Future Projection in South African Fiction". In Fletcher, Pauline (ed.). Black/White Writing: Essays on South African Literature. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: Bucknell University Press. pp. 63–64. ISBN 9780838752623. OCLC 26502102.
- ^ Jeeves, Alan H. (May 1995). "Arthur Keppel-Jones: Scholar, Teacher, and Liberal Intellectual". South African Historical Journal. 32: 24–33. doi:10.1080/02582479508671823.
- ^ "Keppel-Jones, Arthur". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. 30 April 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.