George Shepperson Collection 1852-1989 1931-1989

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George Shepperson Collection 1852-1989 1931-1989

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

Materials related to Shepperson's research and activities surrounding various David Livingstone projects, including the centenary of Livingstone's death in 1973.

1.5 Linear feet; 4 boxes; 1 oversize folder

eng,

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6637020

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Shepperson, George

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jd5124 (person)

George Shepperson was born in Peterborough, England in 1922. After studying history and English at Cambridge University, he was seconded as an officer to the King's African Rifles during the Second World War. Serving alongside African soldiers in Burma, he became interested in examining how war and slavery forged the African Diaspora. While stationed in East Africa, he became interested in how African communities were incorporated into the British Empire. These experiences bolstered...

Livingstone, David, 1813-1873

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Epithet: African explorer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x00031a Scottish missionary and explorer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Claremont, Mauritius, to Captain L.W. Peyton of H.M.S. "Frolic", 1856 Sept. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590502 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Kuruman (Bechuana country, South Africa), to [R.N.] Hayward, in ...