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W. C. Scully

1855 - 1943

William Charles Scully (October 29, 1855-August 25, 1943) is one of South Africa's best-known authors, although little known outside South Africa. In addition to his work as an author, his paid work was principally as a magistrate in Springfontein, South Africa, as well as in Namaqualand and the Transkei. Scully was born in Dublin, Ireland, raised in Cashel, County Tipperary, and then emigrated to southern Africa with his parents during 1867. During 1871 he prospected for diamonds with Cecil Rhodes in Africa. His daughter, Miriam Power (b.1893), married Dr John A.Ryle; their children included Sir Martin Ryle, Nobel laureate. W.C.Scully died in Umbogintwini on Natal's coast during 1943, the same year as his wife Nora died. His novel "Daniel Vananda" was described the violence engendered by the ethnic legislation of the time. Similarly, "Kafir Stories" contains stories that are generally sympathetic with the aboriginal African peoples of South Africa.
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  • Cover of: white hecatomb, and other stories

    First published in 1897 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1915 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition ahistorysouthaf00sculgoog
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    First published in 1913 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1921 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1907 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The ridge of the white waters ("Witwatersrand"): or, Impressions of a visit to Johannesburg, with some notes of Durban, Delagoa bay, and the low country

    First published in 1912 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1898 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1892 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
Description and travel, Biography, Fiction, History, Social life and customs, Authors, biography, Authors, south african, Frontier and pioneer life, Frontier and pioneer life, africa, south, Indigenous peoples, Natural history, Race relations, South African Authors, South africa, description and travel, Statesmen, Travel
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South Africa, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), Kalahari Desert, Transkei
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W. C. Scully (1855-1943), Johannes Henricus Meiring Beck Sir (1855-1919)

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September 30, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 6, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import