Bunting, Sidney Percival, 1873-1936

LC control no.	no 93027619
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bunting, Sidney Percival, 1873-1936 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	South Africa
Associated place	England
Birth date	18730629
Death date	19360524
Place of birth	London (England)
Place of death	Cape Town (South Africa)
Affiliation	Magdalen College (University of Oxford) Rand Club (Johannesburg, South Africa) South African Labour Party International Socialist League (S.A.) Communist Party of South Africa
Profession or occupation	Lawyers
Found in	S.P. Bunting en W.H. Andrews, 1981: t.p. S. African dic. nat. biog., 1966: (Bunting, Sidney Percival; b. 1873 in England; d. 1936; S. African communist leader) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed January 2, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bunting, Sidney Percival; communist, lawyer; born 29 June 1873 in London, England; entered Magdalen College, Oxford (1892) and received a first-class degree (1896); returned to London, studied law, passed the final solicitors examination (1899); sailed for South Africa (1900); joined the Rand Club; completed LLB degree through private study, passed Cape of Good Hope University examinations (1906); was a director of The Lidgetton Land Company (1907); joined South African Labour Party (1910); formed International Socialist League (1915) and edited league's paper, the International; played a leading role in launching all-white Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) (1921); attended the Fourth Communist International Congress, Russia(1922); was expelled from the Communist Party (1931); gave up his legal practice (1933); joined the touring orchestra of the African Theatres Trust; worked as a caretaker (1936); died 24 May 1936 in Cape Town, South Africa)