Charles van Onselen | |
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Born | |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Rhodes University University of the Witwatersrand Oxford University |
Thesis | African mine labour in Southern Rhodesia, 1900-1933 (1974) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Pretoria |
Notable works | The Seed is Mine |
Charles van Onselen (birth 14 August 1944, Boksburg)[1] is a researcher and historian based at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Van Onselen holds a B.Sc. and U.E.D. from Rhodes University, a B.A. Hons. from the University of the Witwatersrand, a D.Phil. from Oxford University and a D.Lit.(Honoris Causa) from Rhodes.[2]
He is based at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.[2][3]
He received the Alan Paton Award for The Seed is Mine in 1997.[2]
Charles was married to Belinda Bozzoli, and their three children including Gareth van Onselen.[4]