Rhys Isaac
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South African-Australian historian and academic
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Rhys Isaac was a South African historian born in Cape Town in 1937. He was educated at Balliol College and worked as a faculty member at La Trobe University and the College of William & Mary. Isaac was a recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship and the Pulitzer Prize for History. He was recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection for his scholarly contributions.
His notable works include *The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790*, *Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom*, *Worlds of Experience*, *Glynn Isaac and the Search for Human Origins in Africa*, and *Ethnographic Method*. He spoke English and resided in the Cape Province. Isaac was the son of Frances Margaret Leighton and the sibling of Glynn Isaac. He died of cancer in Blairgowrie in 2010.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Ethnographic method
- Glynn Isaac and the search for human origins in Africa
- Worlds of experience
- Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom
- The transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rhys
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Cape Town
- Place of death
- Blairgowrie
- Sibling
- Glynn Isaac
- Occupation
- historian
- Educated at
- Balliol College
- Employer
- College of William & Mary
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Rhodes Scholarship
- Image
- Small picture of Rhys with book 1983.jpg
- Residence
- Cape Province
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- date of death
- 2010-10-07
- date of birth
- 1937-11-20
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Rhys Isaac
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