Ellis, Stephen, 1953-2015

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Name (Latin)
Ellis, Stephen, 1953-2015
Name (Arabic)
اليس، ستيفن، 1953-2015
Other forms of name
Ellis, Stephen, 1953-
Date of birth
1953-06-13
Date of death
2015-07-29
Associated country
Great Britain
Netherlands
Field of activity
Africa--History
Occupation
Africanists
College teachers
Historians
History teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Stephen Derek Kingscote
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 97795509
Wikidata: Q27917025
Library of congress: n 84039319
Sources of Information
  • African Studies Centre, Leiden, WWW site, viewed July 21, 2016 :news (in memoriam, Stephen Ellis, 1953-2015. Prof. Stephen Ellis died on 29 July 2015. Born in Nottingham, Great Britain on June 13, 1953. He studied modern history at the University of Oxford and did his doctorial exam there in 1981.)
  • His The rising of the Red Shawls, 1985:CIP t.p. (Stephen Ellis) data sheet (Stephen Derek Kingscote Ellis; b. 6/13/53)
  • This present darkness, ©2016:title page (Stephen Ellis) page iix (Professor Stephen Ellis, 1953-2015) page xiv (his death on July 29th 2015) jacket cover (Stephen Ellis was Desmond Tutu Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the VU University, Amsterdam and a senior researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden.)
  • Wikipedia, April 2, 2019(Stephen Ellis (historian); British historian, Africanist and human rights activist; married to Africanist Gerrie ter Haar; died in Amsterdam, from leukemia)
  • LCN: (not: Ellis, S. (Stephen))
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Wikipedia description:

Stephen Ellis (13 June 1953 – 29 July 2015) was a British historian and Africanist whose research focused on post-colonial West Africa and South Africa. He was a former editor of Africa Confidential and African Affairs, a senior researcher at the African Studies Centre Leiden, and a professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

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