George Fortune Collection 1869-1986 1940-1986

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George Fortune Collection 1869-1986 1940-1986

http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/fortune.htm

Primarily contains material pertaining to George Fortune's teaching and research concerning African linguistics, particularly Southern Bantu linguistic groups.

2.75 Linear feet; 7 boxes

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Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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SNAC Resource ID: 6636912

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Fortune, G. (George), 1915-

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George Fortune was born in Great Britain in 1915. After receiving a Ph.D. in Bantu Languages from the University of Cape Town in 1950, Fortune was appointed lecturer within that Department. In 1962, he became the first chair of the Department of African Languages at the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now the Department of African Languages and Literatures at the University of Zimbabwe), a position which he retained until 1980. He currently lives in Wales. ...