Thomas Pringle - Revision history

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 == Career in South Africa ==
-Emigrated,  with his father and brothers, to South Africa in 1820. Here he where he worked in the newly created [[South African Public Library]] and pursued his writing career. To supplement his income he opened a school with fellow Scotsman [[John Fairbairn]] (whom he had persuaded to come to South Africa) , and together they founded a newspaper, the ''[[The South African Commercial Advertiser]]'' (7 January 1824)and a magazine, the ''[[South African Journal]]'' (5 March, 1824). Both publications were on occasion banned by Lord Charles Somerset for their free criticism of the Colonial Government. Pringle and Fairbairn's  school was also closed, though Fairbairn continued to edit the ''[[The South African Commercial Advertiser]]''.
+Emigrated,  with his father and brothers, to South Africa in 1820. Here he where he worked in the newly created [[South African Public Library]] and pursued his writing career. To supplement his income he opened a school with fellow Scotsman [[John Fairbairn]] (whom he had persuaded to come to South Africa) , and together they founded a newspaper, the ''[[The South African Commercial Advertiser]]'' (7 January 1824)and a magazine, the ''[[South African Journal]]'' (5 March, 1824). Both publications were on occasion banned by Lord Charles Somerset for their free criticism of the Colonial Government. Pringle and Fairbairn's school was also closed, though Fairbairn continued to edit the ''[[The South African Commercial Advertiser]]''.
 == Return to London ==

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 == Career in South Africa ==
-Emigrated,  with his father and brothers, to South Africa in 1820. Here he where he worked in the newly created [[South African Public Library]] and pursued his writing career. To supplement his income he opened a school with fellow Scotsman [[John Fairbairn]] (whom he had persuaded to come to South Africa) , and together they founded a newspaper, the ''[[The South African Commercial Advertiser]]'' (7 January 1824)and a magazine, the ''[[South African Journal]]'' (5 March, 1824). Both publications were on occasion banned by Lord Charles Somerset for their free criticism of the Colonial Government. Pringle and Fairbairn's  school was also closed, though Fairbairn continued to edit the ''[[South African Commercial Advertiser]]''.
+Emigrated,  with his father and brothers, to South Africa in 1820. Here he where he worked in the newly created [[South African Public Library]] and pursued his writing career. To supplement his income he opened a school with fellow Scotsman [[John Fairbairn]] (whom he had persuaded to come to South Africa) , and together they founded a newspaper, the ''[[The South African Commercial Advertiser]]'' (7 January 1824)and a magazine, the ''[[South African Journal]]'' (5 March, 1824). Both publications were on occasion banned by Lord Charles Somerset for their free criticism of the Colonial Government. Pringle and Fairbairn's  school was also closed, though Fairbairn continued to edit the ''[[The South African Commercial Advertiser]]''.
 == Return to London ==

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 == Career in South Africa ==
-Emigrated,  with his father and brothers, to South Africa in 1820. Here he where he worked in the newly created [[South African Public Library]] and pursued his writing career. To supplement his income he opened a school with fellow Scotsman [[John Fairbairn]] (whom he had persuaded to come to South Africa) , and together they founded a newspaper, the ''[[South African Commercial Advertiser]]'' (7 January 1824)and a magazine, the ''[[South African Journal]]'' (5 March, 1824). Both publications were on occasion banned by Lord Charles Somerset for their free criticism of the Colonial Government. Pringle and Fairbairn's  school was also closed, though Fairbairn continued to edit the ''[[South African Commercial Advertiser]]''.
+Emigrated,  with his father and brothers, to South Africa in 1820. Here he where he worked in the newly created [[South African Public Library]] and pursued his writing career. To supplement his income he opened a school with fellow Scotsman [[John Fairbairn]] (whom he had persuaded to come to South Africa) , and together they founded a newspaper, the ''[[The South African Commercial Advertiser]]'' (7 January 1824)and a magazine, the ''[[South African Journal]]'' (5 March, 1824). Both publications were on occasion banned by Lord Charles Somerset for their free criticism of the Colonial Government. Pringle and Fairbairn's  school was also closed, though Fairbairn continued to edit the ''[[South African Commercial Advertiser]]''.
 == Return to London ==

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 == His role in theatre ==
-His records of the social and cultural life in the South African colony are invaluable material, while the newspapers he and [[John Fairbairn]] founded published regular theatre reviews and advertisements for theatre productions, invaluable sources for theatre historians.
+His records of the social and cultural life in the South African colony are invaluable material, while the magazine and the newspaper he and [[John Fairbairn]] had founded published regular theatre reviews and advertisements for theatre productions, invaluable sources for theatre historians.
 == Sources ==

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 == Return to London ==
-Without a livelihood, and with debts, Thomas returned and settled in London where he became the Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society in 1827 till his death in 1834 at the age of 45.
+Without a livelihood, and with debts, he returned and settled in London where he became the Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society in 1827 till his death in 1834 at the age of 45.
 == His writings ==