Difference between revisions of "John Robert Wahl"
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A descendent of the 1820 Settlers, he was born in **, the son of a well known Cape Town teacher, | A descendent of the 1820 Settlers, he was born in **, the son of a well known Cape Town teacher, | ||
| − | He studied at Rhodes University and at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and | + | He studied at Rhodes University and at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. He also spent time at Harvard University. Over the years he built up a substantial international reputation as a specialist on the Prfe-Raphaelite poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rosetti[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Gabriel_Rossetti], publishing a book on him. |
| − | Wahl became a lecturer in English at Rhodes University and later professor and head of the English Department at the University of the Orange Free State in Bloemfontein. | + | |
| + | Back home Wahl became a lecturer in English at Rhodes University and later professor and much admired head of the English Department at the University of the Orange Free State in Bloemfontein, where . | ||
He married Joan Cicely Haworth, the daughter of Professor Haworth of Rhodes University, in the Anglican Cathedral of St Andrew and St May, Grahamstown, on 2 July, 1955. She too would became an English lecturer in Grahamstown and Bloemfontein. | He married Joan Cicely Haworth, the daughter of Professor Haworth of Rhodes University, in the Anglican Cathedral of St Andrew and St May, Grahamstown, on 2 July, 1955. She too would became an English lecturer in Grahamstown and Bloemfontein. | ||
Revision as of 05:29, 29 June 2020
John Robert Wahl (19**-19**) was an academic and lecturer,
More generally known as J.R. Wahl or Robert Wahl
Biography
A descendent of the 1820 Settlers, he was born in **, the son of a well known Cape Town teacher,
He studied at Rhodes University and at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. He also spent time at Harvard University. Over the years he built up a substantial international reputation as a specialist on the Prfe-Raphaelite poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rosetti[1], publishing a book on him.
Back home Wahl became a lecturer in English at Rhodes University and later professor and much admired head of the English Department at the University of the Orange Free State in Bloemfontein, where .
He married Joan Cicely Haworth, the daughter of Professor Haworth of Rhodes University, in the Anglican Cathedral of St Andrew and St May, Grahamstown, on 2 July, 1955. She too would became an English lecturer in Grahamstown and Bloemfontein.
Tragically Wahl died by his own hand in Bloemfontein in 1969/70.
Contribution to theatre, film, media and performance
Generally known as Robert Wahl,
Sources
https://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/settlerbrowsemarrs.php?name=WAHL&first=
Most widely held works by John Robert Wahl, WorldCat[2]
Michael Green. 2004. Around and about: Memoirs of a South African Newspaperman. New Africa Books, 2004 [3]
