A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

Pringle, Thomas

Biography

Scotland

Birth date: 1780-01-05

Birth location: Blaiklaw, Scotland

Death date: 1834-12-05

Thomas Pringle was born in 1789 in Scotland, though he is sometimes called "the father of South African poetry." Pringle emigrated to South Africa in 1820. He was the first poet to describe South African landscapes and people in the English language. He published a newspaper and a magazine in Cape Town. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pringle

Education

University of Edinburgh

News Items (13)

Poetry of the New Lands (1916-02-17) | Mentioned Poet
From veld-lovers to freedom fighters (1980-11-21) | Mentioned Poet
A Poet of South Africa (1947-05-31) | Mentioned Poet
African Poems of Thomas Pringle (1991-02-22) | Mentioned Poet
A South African Poet (1902-06-20) | Poet
A Literature in the Making (1935-05-31) | Poet
Seventy-five years on (1985-04-19) | Poet
A New Look in Writing (1960-05-31) | Mentioned Poet
South African Poetry. (1909-05-24) | Poet
Queries Answered (1923-06-24) | Mentioned Poet
"Doctor Jim" (1922-10-22) | Mentioned Poet
Multiple Classified Advertising Items (1834-05-25) | Poet
Multiple Classified Advertising Items (1834-06-15) | Poet

Related Works (10)

South African Sketches: Poems by Thomas Pringle, with a frontispicco photogravuro by J. G. Millais (1834) (Poet)
South African Sketches: Poems by Thomas Pringle, with a frontispicco photogravuro by J. G. Millais (1834) (Work Author)
Ephemorides: or occasional poems, Written in Scotland and South Africa (1828) (Poet)
Ephemorides: or occasional poems, Written in Scotland and South Africa (1828) (Work Author)
The Rise of South Africa (1921) (Mentioned Poet)
The Rise of South Africa (1921) (Work Author)
Ephemerides; or occasional poems (1828) (Poet)
Ephemerides; or occasional poems (1828) (Work Author)
African Sketches (1834) (Poet)
African Sketches (1834) (Work Author)

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