Edmund Beale Sargant
Edmund Beale Sargant ( 1855 - 1938 ) was a British colonial official in South Africa . In 1908, under the title Report on Native Education in South Africa, he presented the so-called Sargant Report , which had a major impact on school education in the Transvaal . He also wrote poems that Edward Marsh took in his collection Georgian Poetry 1911-12 (1912).
Web links
- Georgian Poetry 1911–12 in the Gutenberg project
Works by Edmund Beale Sargant
- A Guide Book to Books. 1891, with Bernhard Whishaw.
- Report on Native Education in South Africa. 1908.
- The Casket Songs. 1912, poems.
- The Country's Call. 1914, with Marie Sargant.
- More Songs by the Wayside. 1934, poems.
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| SURNAME | Sargant, Edmund Beale |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British colonial administrator and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1855 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1938 |