July, Robert William.
Variant namesBorn 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.
From the description of Robert William July collection, 1958-1999. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122407681
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.
From the description of Robert W. July collection, 1958-1999. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 78682526
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| creatorOf | July, Robert William. Robert William July collection, 1958-1999. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| creatorOf | July, Robert William. A parliamentary history of French railroads, 1823-1848. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Wole Soyinka papers, 1966-1996. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | July, Robert William. Robert W. July collection, 1958-1999. | New York Public Library System, NYPL |
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| associatedWith | Beier, Ulli. | person |
| associatedWith | Boilat, P.-D (P.-David), 1814-1901. | person |
| associatedWith | Crawford, Michael. | person |
| associatedWith | Diagne, Blaise, 1872-1934. | person |
| associatedWith | Dike, K. Onwuka (Kenneth Onwuka) | person |
| associatedWith | Irele, Abiola. | person |
| associatedWith | Legum, Colin. | person |
| associatedWith | Nketia, J. H. Kwabena. | person |
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| associatedWith | Soyinka, Wole | person |
| associatedWith | Sutherland, Efua Theodora Morgue, 1924-1996. | person |
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