Eric Rosenthal (10 Julie 1905, Nuweland, Kaapstad1983) was 'n Suid-Afrikaanse historikus en outeur. Hy het sy graad in die regte verwerf aan die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand en word 'n prokureur. Hy word later 'n joernalis en outeur van korporatiewe geskiedenis.

Eric Rosenthal
Gebore10 Julie 1905
Sterf1983
NasionaliteitVlag van Suid-Afrika Suid-Afrika
BeroepSkrywer, historikus
EggenootJenny Bradley
Ensiklopedie van Suidelike Afrika

Hy was lid van die Three Wise Men op Springbokradio se vasvraprogram Test the Team. Hy was die oudste van twee kinders. Sy ouers was Richard Rosenthal en Hedwig de Beer. Hy het gedurende sy skoolloopbaan onder andere Parktown Preparatory School in Johannesburg en St. John's College bygewoon. Rosenthal trou op 18 Desember 1934 met Jenny Bradley in Westcliff, Johannesburg. Ná sy aftrede vestig hy hom in Vishoek naby Kaapstad.

Bibliografie wysig

  • Memories & Sketches
  • From Drury Lane to Mecca
  • Old Time Survivals in South Africa
  • Stars and Stripes in Africa
  • The Fall of Italian East Africa
  • Fortress on Sand
  • General Dan Pienaar
  • Japan's Bid for Africa
  • General de Wet
  • Gold Bricks and Mortar
  • African Switzerland
  • The South African Saturday Book
  • Homes of the Golden City
  • They Walk in the Night
  • Pinelands
  • South African Jews in World War II
  • Shovel and Sieve
  • Here are Diamonds
  • The Hinges Creaked
  • Shelter from the Spray
  • Shells to Shillings
  • Other Men's Millions
  • Cutlass and Yardarm
  • Today's News Today
  • The Changing Years
  • River of Diamonds
  • Overdrafts and Overwork
  • Apology Refused
  • Heinrich Egersdörfer: an Old-Time Sketch Book
  • Tankards and Tradition
  • Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa[1]
  • Schooners and Skyscrapers
  • South African Surnames
  • Southern African Dictionary of National Biography[2]
  • History of Fish Hoek 1818-1968
  • Gold! Gold! Gold!
  • Meet Me at the Carlton
  • You Have Been Listening
  • The Rand Rush
  • Victorian South Africa
  • Total's Book of Southern African Records[3]
  • The Best of Eric Rosenthal
  • Fish Horns and Hansom Cabs
  • Rustenburg Romance
  • 160 Years of Cape Town Printing
  • On Change Through the Years
  • 50 Years of the Cape Town Orchestra
  • 50 Years of Healing
  • 300 Years of the Castle at Cape Town

Verskeie van sy boeke, soos die Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa is na Afrikaans vertaal (sien Ensiklopedie van Suidelike Afrika).

Verwysings wysig

  1. Rosenthal, E: Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Third Edition, Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd, 1965, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 61-15433
  2. Rosenthal, E: Southern African Dictionary of National Biography, Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd, 1966, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 66-15690
  3. Rosenthal, Eric (1975). Total's Book of Southern African Records. p. 160. ISBN 0-620-01923-9.