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This is the first of a three-volume history by Bill Guest of a major South African university founded as the Natal University College in Pietermaritzburg in 1909. Despite trying conditions, including two world wars, the university expanded, developed a second campus (Howard College) in Durban and became the University of Natal in 1949. This volume covers the Natal University College years from 1909 to 1949. It looks at the personalities, events and significant milestones in the early history of the university's two city campuses that helped shape its future role as one of the country's leading universities. The author draws extensively on the university archives of publications, reports, documents, reminiscences and minutes of meetings, recalling both the serious as well as the lighter side of campus life. An appendix lists all those who received degrees, diplomas and certificates from Natal University College before 1948.

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The author, Bill Guest, is professor emeritus and senior research associate in Historical Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Most of his academic career, starting as a student in 1959, was spent at the university where he also did his Honours, Masters and doctoral degrees. He began his academic studies at Howard College where he also lectured before taking up a post as senior lecturer on the Pietermaritzburg campus in 1977. There he later became associate professor, professor and senior professor. He has published a variety of articles and has authored, co-authored and co-edited a dozen books on South African history, focusing primarily on the Natal-Zululand region.

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