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Alexander Kerr dies

Alexander Kerr dies

Date
21 Feb 1970
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Alexander Kerr dies

Alexander Kerr, educationist, church leader and the first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of Fort Hare), died in Alice, Eastern Cape. The Dr Alexander Kerr Bursary Fund (now Alexander Kerr Memorial Fund) was started in his memory by the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa to provide bursaries for Black students.

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  1. 01Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v. 2.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Alexander Kerr dies. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012141

South African History Online (2011) 'Alexander Kerr dies', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012141 (Accessed: 30 July 2026).

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"Alexander Kerr dies." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012141. Accessed 30 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Alexander Kerr dies." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012141.

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