H. B. Thom
South African historian
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- PhD History University of Cape Town
- Masters History University of Cape Town
- Bachelors History University of Cape Town
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Hendrik Bernardus Thom was a Afrikaner professor and former Rector of the Stellenbosch University. Life and career Thom was born in Jamestown, Cape Colony, and grew up in Burgersdorp, South Africa. Because he was the 5th grandchild of his grandfather and namesake with the first names Hendrik Bernardus, his parents decided to call him by the nickname Quintus to distinguish him from his cousins; he was known as Quintie Thom throughout his life. He matriculated at Burgersdorp High School and studied at Stellenbosch University . He continued his studies in history in Germany at the Friedrich Wilhelms Universität in Berlin , at the Sorbonne in Paris and in Amsterdam, researching his doctoral thesis, which he completed on his return to Stellenbosch. The title of his doctoral thesis was: Die geskiedenis van die skaapboerdery in Suid-Afrika .
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