1890 - 1979

Reference articles, profiles and guides about Zimbabwe. 50 articles

• Charles CoghlanCharles Coghlan was born and educated in South Africa where he studied law. He came to Bulawayo in 1900 to start a law firm. While practicing law he developed an interest in the politics of the day, w...1890 - 19798 January 2018
• John KennedyKennedy was a senior British Army officer who served as Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II. He was born on 31 August 1893 in Scotland. He joined the Royal Navy in 1911 a...1890 - 197920 December 2016
• Ethel JollieShe was born Ethel Maude Cookson in Castle Church in Stafford, Great Britain on 8 March 1874 and studied art under Anthony Ludovici at the Slade School of Fine Art where she met her first husband, exp...1890 - 197919 December 2016
• Frank JohnsonOn the evening Wednesday 1 January 1890, in the Cape Town offices of the Commissioner of Crown lands and Public Works, James Sivewright, Cecil Rhodes signed a contract with a 23-year old Frank Johnson...1890 - 197919 December 2016
• John HelmHelm was born on June 2 1861, Bredasdorp, Cape Colony, Southern Africa. He qualified as a doctor in Glasgow, Scotland and was ordained as the first Missionary Doctor of the NG Kerk. He returned to Sou...1890 - 197914 December 2016
• Charles HelmCharles Daniel Helm (28 September 1844 – 14 September 1915) was a Protestant missionary and trusted confident of King Lobengula of Matabeleland who played a controversial role as an interpreter during...1890 - 197914 December 2016
• Andrew HartmannMissionary Andrew Hartmann was ordained in 1879 and joined the Society of Jesus in 1883. Born in 1851 in Austria he arrived in Bulawayo in 1888 and in 1890 he traveled with the Pioneer Column to Salis...1890 - 197913 December 2016
• Henry HartleyHunter and Prospector Henry Hartley was born in England in 1820. He travelled to South Africa and from 1859 he hunted north of the Limpopo and was later given permission by King Mzilikazi to hunt in M...1890 - 197913 December 2016
• Alice BalfourNaturalist and Author Alice Blanche Balfour was born on 20 October 1850 in Dunbar where she died 86 years later in 1936 on 12 June 1936. She was a Victorian naturalist and one of the earliest female p...1890 - 197913 December 2016
• James HamiltonPresident of the British South Africa Company James Hamilton was a Conservative MP in the British Parliament. In 1889 he was invited to join the Board of the British South Africa Company and became Pr...1890 - 197913 December 2016
• Richard HallPioneer Journalist Richard Nicklin Hall was born in Dudley, United Kingdom 1853. He arrived in Rhodesia in 1897 as a journalist representing several British newspapers. He was assigned by Cecil Rhodes...1890 - 197913 December 2016
• Humprey GibbsGovernor of Southern Rhodesia Humprey Gibbs appointed Governor of Southern Rhodesia in 1960 and in 1963 he was sworn in as Governor General of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Born in London, England on the 22...1890 - 197911 December 2016
• Wiliam GaulAnglican Bishop William Gaul was born on 24 June 1850 in Ulster, Ireland. He received his education at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. In 1873 he was ordained as bishop and in 1875 he arrived in Sou...1890 - 197910 December 2016
• Ivon FryPioneer Uvon Fry was an agent of Cecil J Rhodes. He was born in South Africa in 1864. In 1887 he visited Lobengula in Bulawayo to negotiate for concessions on behalf Rhodes. He was later superseded by...1890 - 197910 December 2016
• Winston FieldPrime Minister Of Southern Rhodesia (1962 and 1964) In 1921 Field arrived in Rhodesia to work as assistant on a tobacco farm. He was appointed President of the Rhodesia Tobacco Association 1938. Betwe...1890 - 19799 December 2016
• William Enerst FairbridgeFirst Mayor Of Salisbury and Newspaper Editor William Fairbridge ws born on 2 November 1863, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He was educated at Bedford Modern School in England. In 1890 he was appointed...1890 - 19798 December 2016
• Henry EverardAdministrator of Rhodesian Government Henry Everard was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England on 21 February 1897, he received his education at Marlborough and Cambridge both in England. He was a rai...1890 - 19798 December 2016
• Clifford DupontPolitician and First President of Rhodesia Education: Bishop's Stafford and Cambridge University. Dupont studied law and practiced from 1929-1948 in London Background and Career: Clifford Walter Dupon...1890 - 19792 December 2016
• Dorothy DuncanSocial Benefactor-Rhodesia Society for the Blind and Physically Handicaped Dorothy Duncan was born in England on 31 July 1893. She arrived in Rhodesia in 1939. She was appointed Honorary Secretary of....1890 - 19791 December 2016
• James DawsonTrader James Dawson trained in law at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, in 1876 travelled to South Africa joining his brother in Bechuanaland (mordern day Botswana) to trade. In addit...1890 - 197930 November 2016
• Simon DalhouseGovenor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1957-1963) Simon Ramsal Dalhouse was born in the United Kingdom in 1914 and received his education at Eton and Oxford University. He served...1890 - 197930 November 2016
• Johannes ColenbranderTrader, Interpreter and Rhodes Agent Colenbrander was the son of Dutch immigrants to South Africa, he is most remembered for the indaba which Cecil Rhodes held in the Matopo Hills with Ndebele Chiefs....1890 - 197926 November 2016
• Charles CoghlanCharles Coghlan was born and educated in South Africa where he studied law. He came to Bulawayo in 1900 to start a law firm. While practicing law he developed an interest in the politics of the day, w...1890 - 197926 November 2016
• Chief MsheteNdebele Chief and King Lobengula's trusted Induna Chief Mshete was the second induna of King Lobengula who travelled to London, United Kingdom in 1890 with Chief Babyana in the company of their guide....1890 - 197917 November 2016