Mr Crabtree brings his wife
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Material Information

Title:
Mr Crabtree brings his wife He was the first married man among the first Europeans
Creator:
Crabtree, William Arthur (1868-1945)
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Physical Description:
4 pp.

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Travel ( LCSH )
Missions ( LCSH )
African languages ( LCSH )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Uganda
Afirika -- Yuganda
Coordinates:
1 x 32

Notes

General Note:
Manuscript translated from Luganda from Ham Mukasa's history "Simuda nyuma" ("Do not turn back"), into English by Andrew Kambazza.
General Note:
Papers, 1902-1921, collected by William Arthur Crabtree, including a card index of English/Bantu and Bantu/English vocabularies, incorporating 13 different Bantu languages and symbols relating to their hypothetical common roots, with some tentative conclusions about Bantu origins, together with material on Luganda and Kavirondo (Masaba dialect).
General Note:
William Arthur Crabtree was born c1868, at Darlington. He was educated at St. Peter's School, York and King's School, Canterbury. He also attended St. Catharine's College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He obtained a BA in 1889. In 1890 he trained at the Church Missionary College. On 23 November 1891 he was posted to the East Equatorial Africa Mission, Frere Town, with the Church Missionary Society. From 1892 to 1906, he worked as a missionary explorer in Uganda. His publications included Elements of Luganda Grammar, Together with Exercises and Vocabulary (1902, revised 1921), A Manual of Lu-Ganda (1921), and Primitive Speech (2 parts, 1922).
General Note:
Bequeathed to SOAS and presented in 1982.
General Note:
The material has been arranged into the following sections: Bantu origins; Luganda; Kavirondo (Masaba dialect); miscellaneous.

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS, University of London
Rights Management:
All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:
MS 380335/02/02 ( SOAS Manuscript Number )
MS 380335, Crabtree, Box 1 ( Order with reference )