Percival Robson Kirby

Percival Robson Kirby was an academic and specialist in African music.

He had an M.A. and D.Litt. degree, and was the Head of the Department of Music, University of the Witwatersrand. Rnowned for his collection of African musical instruments and his studies on musical performances in Southern Africa.

Also wrote as P.R. Kirby and Percival R. Kirby.

The barracks and hospitals of the Cape Corps in Grahamstown in 1826, by Professor P.R. Kirby of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, extracted from the South African Medical Journal The barracks and hospitals of the Cape Corps in Grahamstown in 1826, by Professor P.R. Kirby of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, extracted from the South African Medical Journal

Musical Instruments of the Native Races of South Africa

P.R. Kirby, “The Hottentot Venus”, Africana Notes and News, 6, 3 (June 1949).

Valerie Bryer 1965. Professor Percival Robson Kirby, M.A., D. Litt., F.R.C.M., Head of the Department of Music, University of the Witwatersrand, 1921-1954: a bibliography of his works. Johannesburg Public Library.