George McCall Theal

George McCall Theal ( born April 11, 1837 in Saint John (New Brunswick ), † April 17, 1919 in Wynberg, Cape Province ) was a Canadian-born British historian who is the study of the history of Southern Africa and its various cultures has been earned. A standard work is his History of South Africa from 1795-1872 (History of South Africa from 1795 to 1872 ). Also noteworthy are his works on immigration group of the Boers as well as the folklore of the Xhosa.

Works (selection)

• South Africa As It Is ( pamphlet, 1871 King William 's Town )
• Compendium of South African History and Geography ( 2 vols. 1873 Lovedale )
• Kaffir Folk -Lore (1882, London)
• Chronicles of Cape Commanders (1882, Cape Town)
• Basutoland Records ( 3 vols. 1883 Cape Town)
• Boers and Bantu (1886 )
• A Fragment of Basuto History ( 1886)
• The Republic of Natal ( 1886)
• History of the Boers in South Africa ( 1887)
• History of South Africa ( 5 vols. 1889-1900 )
• Geslacht register of Oude Kaapsche families with CC de Villiers ( 3 vols. 1893-94 )
• The Portuguese in South Africa ( 1896)
• Belangrijke Historical Documenten (3 vols. 1896-1911, Cape Town)
• Large number of documentary publications (1897-1905, London)
• Records of the Cape Colony (36 vols. )
• Records of South -Eastern Africa ( 9 vols. 1898-1903 )
• History and Ethnography of Africa south of the Zambesi ( 1907-10 )
• The Yellow and Dark -skinned People of Africa south of the Zambesi (1910 )
• Willem Adriaan van der Stel and other Historical Sketches ( 1912)
• Documents Relating to the Kaffir War of 1835 (1912)
• Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets Relating to Africa south of the Zambesi in the Collection of George McCall Theal (1912 )
• South Africa - Story of the Nations Series (1917, first edition in 1894)
• Ethnography and Condition of South Africa before AD 1505 ( 1st of 11 vols. 1919)
• History of South Africa from 1873 to 1884: Twelve eventful Years ( vols. 10 & 11, 1919)