On 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town
… 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town. He completed his higher education diploma at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1940 and became a teacher at the Karoo … protests, after he was forcefully removed from Wynberg, Cape Town, under the Group Areas Act. [i] By 1961 he was one …