LC control no. | n 91040426 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Jabavu, Davidson D. T. (Davidson Don Tengo), 1885-1959 |
Variant(s) | Jabavu, D. D. T. (Davidson Don Tengo), 1885-1959 Jabavu, Davidson D. T. (Davidson Don Tengo), b. 1885 Jabavu, Davidson Don Tengo, 1885- |
Associated country | South Africa Great Britain |
Birth date | 18851020 |
Death date | 19590803 |
Place of birth | King William's Town (South Africa) |
Place of death | East London (South Africa) |
Affiliation | University College of Fort Hare All-African National Convention |
Profession or occupation | Language teachers |
Found in | His Bantu literature, 1973: t.p. (Davidson D.T. Jabavu) LC data base, 04-24-91 (hdg.: Jabavu, Davidson Don Tengo, 1885- ; usage: D.D.T. Jabavu) The Native Bills, 1995: p.xi (died 1959) Encyclopaedia Britannica (online), Aug. 6, 2015 (Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu; South African black educator and political leader; b. Oct. 20, 1885, King William's Town, Cape Colony (now in Cape Province); d. Aug. 3, 1959, East London, S. Africa; educated in South Africa, Wales, and the universities of London and Birmingham; he began teaching at Fort Hare Native College (later University College) in 1916; in Dec. 1935 he founded the All-African National Convention (AANC), bringing together opponents of white government's increasing disenfranchisement of non-whites; he retired from politics after 1948 and devoted his time to teaching Latin and Bantu languages at University College, Fort Hare) |