| LC control no. | n 79108350 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Oliver, Roland Anthony |
| Variant(s) | Oliver, R. (Roland) Oliver, Roland |
| Ending date | 20140209 |
| Associated country | England |
| Birth date | 19230330 |
| Place of birth | Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir, India) |
| Place of death | Frilsham (England) |
| Field of activity | Africa--Study and teaching Africa--History |
| Affiliation | University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies Royal African Society African Studies Association of the United Kingdom British Institute in Eastern Africa |
| Found in | His The missionary factor in East Africa, 1952: t.p. (Roland Oliver; M.A., Ph. D.; lecturer in the Dept. of History, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) L'Africa, 1980: t.p. (R. Oliver) p. 343 (Roland Oliver) Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), Nov. 8, 2006 (Roland Anthony Oliver; b. Mar. 30, 1923, Srinagar, Kashmir, India; King's College, Cambridge, Ph. D.; University of London, professor of the history of Africa, 1963-86, professor emeritus, 1986-) Royal African Society website, Obituary: Roland Oliver, Mar. 3, 2014, viewed Apr. 17, 2014 (Roland Oliver, the most significant figure in construction of African studies in the UK; d. Feb. 9, age 90; on the Council of the Royal African Society 1959-1965; he was a founder of the African Studies Association of the United Kingdom) Wikipedia, Apr. 17, 2014 (Roland Oliver; Roland Anthony Oliver; undergraduate and doctoral studies, Univ. of Cambridge, 1941-1948, then joined SOAS staff as lecturer, reader and then prof. until his retirement in 1986; traveled extensively in Africa; visiting prof., Univ. of Brussels (1961), Northwestern Univ. (1962), Harvard Univ. (1967); pres. of the British Institute in Eastern Africa, 1979-1993; d. in Frilsham, Berkshire, Eng.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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