Edmund Hugh Ashton
| Edmund Hugh Ashton | |||||||
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| Born | 1911 | ||||||
| Died | 1986 | ||||||
| Residence |
32 Tavistock Square [A63] 13a High Street, St John's Wood, NW8 [1933] Maseru, Basutoland, South Africa [1935] | ||||||
| Occupation | administrative | ||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
House Notes
1933.11.09 proposed by R.W. Firth, seconded by C.G. Seligman
1938.01.25 It was resolved that Mr Ashton’s subscription could not be refunded as his resignation had not been received. - [not certain it is this Mr Ashton]
1986.12.10 death noted: death notice is of Dr E. Ashton, assuming this is the man
Notes From Elsewhere
Ashton, E. H. (Edmund Hugh), 1911-
Edmund Hugh Ashton was a Colonial Administrator in Basutoland who held a number of positions, and collected a large body of work on origin for Sotho speakers [House of the crocodile: south Sotho art and history in southern Africa. dissertation by David Matthew merkel Riep]
Publications
External Publications
Medicine, magic and sorcery among the southern Sotho, 1943;
The social structure of the southern Sotho, 1946
The Basuto. 1952
Notes on the political and judicial organisation of the Tawana, Volume 10. Edmund Hugh Ashton. 1937 - Social Science
House Publications
Related Material Details
RAI Material
Other Material
University of Witswatersrand: Ashton photographic archive
