July, Robert William.

Born in 1918, Robert William July was a Rockefeller Foundation assistant director for the Humanities who spent the decade between 1955 and 1965 scouting for new talent in West and Southern Africa. After a stint as visiting professor at the University College of Nairobi, Kenya, and the Ibadan Institute of African Studies, Nigeria, he switched to a prolific new career as a historian. His work nevertheless received critical praise from various African and African-American historians. July died in 2004.

Born in 1918, Robert W. July was a Rockefeller Foundation Assistant Director for the Humanities and spent the decade between 1955 and 1965 scouting for new talent in West and Southern Africa. After a stint as visiting professor at the University College of Nairobi, Kenya, and the Ibadan Institute of African Studies, Nigeria, he switched to a new career as a historian. His work received critical praise from various African and African-American historians. July died in 2004.