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About David Hilton-Barber

David Hilton-Barber: Pioneering people interesting places and significant events - these are the themes of David Hilton-Barber's non-fiction historical books. Highly readable and entertaining his stories are told through the eyes of the characters living at the time. He is a fourth generation South African. He was born in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape and holds a BA Honours degree from Rhodes University. He then trained as a journalist following in the footsteps of his maternal great-grandfather Frederick York St Leger founder and first editor of the Cape Times. In his later career as a public relations consultant he was involved in a wide range of public-relations programmes for the public and private sector included lecturing and contributing to the compilation of the communications course at the University of South Africa. He served as president of the PR Institute of SA and council member for South Africa on the International Public Relations Association. He is author of: Footprints: On the Trail of Those who Shaped the History of Tzaneen Footprints: On the trail of those who Shaped the History of the Lowveld Footprints: Those Who Made History in Haenertsburg The Baronet and the Savage King: The Intriguing Story of the Tati Concessions Hobson's Choice: Len Hobson; The Story of a Remarkable Man Triumphs Trials and Tribulations of a Magistrate in the new South Africa The Saint the Surgeon and the Unsung Botanist a Tribute to my Remarkable Ancestors and Kalahari Dreaming: The Romance of the Desert.