The History of the South African College 1829-1918 – Professor W Ritchie

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– Volume One only –

– Provenance: Ex Libris stamp of George S Hofmeyr – Former director of the National Monuments Council of South Africa

The process that would lead to the formation of the South African College was started in 1791, when the Dutch Commissioner-General, Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist, asked for money to be set aside to improve the schools in the Cape. When the British took over the control of the Cape Colony, permission was given for the money set aside by de Mist to be used to establish the South African College.

On 1 October 1829 the school opened. Diplomat Edmund Roberts visited the college in 1833. The original location of the school was in the Weeshuis on Long Street and moved to what is now known as the Egyptian Building (on the Hiddingh Campus of UCT) in the Gardens of Cape Town in 1841.

It was decided in 1874 that the younger students should be separated from their older counterparts. The South African College was separated into the College, which became the University of Cape Town; and the College Schools.

Price: R350.00

Edition: First edition

Published:  1918

Publishers: T. Maskew Miller

Condition: Hardcover in good condition. Shelf wear around the edges, and top and bottom of the spine. Small tear at the top of the spine.

Minor foxing on the end-papers. Otherwise internally in very good condition – very clean and tightly bound.