William Miller Macmillan

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1885 – 1974

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Who was William Miller Macmillan?

William Miller Macmillan, was a Scottish-born South African historian who was the leading scholar of the liberal South African historiography that emerged in the 1920s and started diminishing in the 1970s. A Rhodes Scholar, he was a lecturer at Rhodes University College before leaving for the University of the Witwatersrand. He was a vocal speaker on colonial matters and frequently wrote about the economics of colonial rule.

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Born
Oct 1, 1885
Also known as
  • William M Macmillan
Ethnicity
  • Scottish people
Nationality
  • South Africa
Lived in
  • South Africa
Died
1974

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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