Walker, Eric A. 1886-1976

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Name (Latin)
Walker, Eric A. 1886-1976
Name (Arabic)
ووكر، أريك، 1886-1976
Other forms of name
Walker, Eric Anderson, 1886-1976
Walker, Eric Anderson
Walcker, Eric Anderson
Walker, Eric A. (Eric Anderson), 1886-
Walker, Eric A. (Eric Anderson), b. 1886
Date of birth
1886-09-06
Date of death
1976-02-23
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 111659177
Wikidata: Q17001069
Library of congress: n 82219661
Sources of Information
  • Historical atlas of South Africa, 1922.
  • Index to William Ritchie's The history of the South African College ... 1964:t.p. (Eric A. Walker)
  • Suid-Afrikaanse Biografiese Woordeboek, Deel V, 1987: p. 910 (Walker, Eric Anderson; b. London, Sept. 6, 1886; d. Durban, Feb. 23, 1976)

Wikipedia description:

Eric Anderson Walker (6 September 1886 – 23 February 1976) was an English historian who served as King George V Professor of History at the University of Cape Town and Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge. He was a pioneer in writing the history of South Africa and later an important historian of the British Empire, though by the end of his life his work was seen as dated and Eurocentric.

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