- 236 pages
- English
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About this book
Deneys Schreiner was an academic, a scientist and a man of strong liberal principles, with a good sense of humor and widespread interests in the sciences, arts and public affairs. In his steady way, he transformed the University of Natal and the community around it. Between the 1960s and 1980s, Schreiner supported and initiated several endeavors to promote constitutional futures other than those imposed by the apartheid government. One of the most significant was the Buthelezi Commission, which he chaired.
This biography sets out the context of the times in which Schreiner lived and his life from his ancestors to his tenure as Vice-Principal. This book is created with extensive archival research, supported by interviews with family members, former colleagues, friends, and journalists. Schreiner was a man who made a considerable contribution to the struggle for democracy in South Africa. And then there is the story of his beard, once described as a potent symbol of his presence and implacable integrity.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Photo insert between pages 108 and 109
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Almost to the Top of the 'Greasy Pole'
- 1 Beginnings
- 2 From Boyhood to Battle via Wits (1923–42)
- 3 ‘Up North’: The Army and the Shaping of His Character (1943–5)
- 4 Science and Romance the Cambridge Years (1945–51)
- 5 Research on a Cold War Campus: Pennsylvania State College (1951–2)
- 6 Launch into Liberalism and Academia: Johannesburg (1953–9)
- 7 Science Faculty and Family: Pietermaritzburg (1959–75)
- 8 Academy and Activism (1959–75)
- 9 Pietermaritzburg Vice Principal: Challenges and Tragedy (1976–87)
- 10 Vice Principal: Protests and Political Engagement (1976–80)
- 11 ‘Toughest One Yet for Prof Schreiner’: The Buthelezi Commission (1980–2)
- 12 Aftermath of the Buthelezi Commission Report: Deneys's Predictions Fulfilled (1982–7)
- 13 Jennifer's Trial and Retirement Years (1987–2008)
- Conclusion Drawing the Strands Together
- Select Bibliography
- Index