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+ | ''Cornish Immigrants to South Africa: The Cousin Jacks Contribution to the Development of Mining and Commerce, 1820-1920''. Cape Town: [[A.A. Balkema]], 1978. | ||
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Dickason died in November 2020 and his life partner of 50 years, theatre entrepreneur and historian [[Percy Tucker]], died a few months later on 29 January, 2021 | Dickason died in November 2020 and his life partner of 50 years, theatre entrepreneur and historian [[Percy Tucker]], died a few months later on 29 January, 2021 |
Revision as of 07:33, 23 February 2023
Graham Dickason (1936 - 2020) was an author, genealogist and playwright.
Biography
Born Graham Brian Dickason in Johannesburg on 15 September, 1936
His genealogical writing includes Graham B. Dickason.
Irish Settlers in the Cape: history of the Clanwilliam 1820 settlers from Cork Harbour. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1973.
Cornish Immigrants to South Africa: The Cousin Jacks Contribution to the Development of Mining and Commerce, 1820-1920. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1978.
Dickason died in November 2020 and his life partner of 50 years, theatre entrepreneur and historian Percy Tucker, died a few months later on 29 January, 2021
Contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance
He appears to have written an historical drama called Train Stops at Alicedale circa 2000AD. A copy of the typed text (with the author's name scratched out with a pen) was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.
Sources
https://www.facebook.com/graham.b.dickason/
https://www.selectbooks.co.za/catalogues/Catalogue37/Catalogue%2037.html
A copy of the typed text of Train Stops at Alicedale (with the author's name scratched out with a pen), found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.