Jean van der Poel
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Jean van der Poel was a South Africa
n historian.
, van der Poel studied at the University of Cape Town
(UCT), completing her doctorate at the London School of Economics
. Her doctorate, on railways and customs policies, was awarded magnum cum laude and won her the Royal Empire Society prize.
In 1929 Van der Poel returned to South Africa and declined a position at UCT as lecturer for a post as history teacher. She played a very important role in the South African Teacher’s Association, but in 1938 decided to move to UCT. She became a senior lecturer in 1954 and was offered the King George V
chair of history in the 1960s, which she declined. She retired in 1969.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n historian.
Biography
Born in Cape TownCape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, van der Poel studied at the University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and is the oldest university in South Africa and the second oldest extant university in Africa.-History:The roots of...
(UCT), completing her doctorate at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
. Her doctorate, on railways and customs policies, was awarded magnum cum laude and won her the Royal Empire Society prize.
In 1929 Van der Poel returned to South Africa and declined a position at UCT as lecturer for a post as history teacher. She played a very important role in the South African Teacher’s Association, but in 1938 decided to move to UCT. She became a senior lecturer in 1954 and was offered the King George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
chair of history in the 1960s, which she declined. She retired in 1969.
Published works
(incomplete)- Railway and Customs Policies in South Africa, 1885-1910, Longmans (1933)
- The Jameson Raid, Oxford University Press (1951)
- Selections From the Smuts Papers, vols 1-4 in collaboration with Professor WK Hancock, vols 5-7 alone, Cambridge University Press (1966 - 1973)