Oliver, Roland Anthony

found: His The missionary factor in East Africa, 1952:t.p. (Roland Oliver; M.A., Ph. D.; lecturer in the Dept. of History, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)

found: Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), Nov. 8, 2006(Roland Anthony Oliver; b. Mar. 30, 1923, Srinagar, Kashmir, India; King's College, Cambridge, Ph. D.; University of London, professor of the history of Africa, 1963-86, professor emeritus, 1986-)

found: Royal African Society website, Obituary: Roland Oliver, Mar. 3, 2014, viewed Apr. 17, 2014(Roland Oliver, the most significant figure in construction of African studies in the UK; d. Feb. 9, age 90; on the Council of the Royal African Society 1959-1965; he was a founder of the African Studies Association of the United Kingdom)

found: Wikipedia, Apr. 17, 2014(Roland Oliver; Roland Anthony Oliver; undergraduate and doctoral studies, Univ. of Cambridge, 1941-1948, then joined SOAS staff as lecturer, reader and then prof. until his retirement in 1986; traveled extensively in Africa; visiting prof., Univ. of Brussels (1961), Northwestern Univ. (1962), Harvard Univ. (1967); pres. of the British Institute in Eastern Africa, 1979-1993; d. in Frilsham, Berkshire, Eng.)