Samuel Shaw Dornan

Samuel Shaw Dornan (* 1871 in Carr , County Down , Northern Ireland , † July 27, 1941 ) was an Irish anthropologist , theologian and missionary .

He worked in Basutoland (now Lesotho ) for the Paris Evangelical Mission and in Rhodesia for the "Native Presbyterian Mission". In the Transvaal he was later superintendent of the "Native Missions of the Presbyterian Church".

He spoke the languages Setswana and Sesotho , in which he preached.

His main work is his book about the San (in colonial literature also "Bushmen") and other Kalahari ethnic groups ( Pygmies and Bushmen of the Kalahari ), in which he processed first-hand information about the inhabitants of what is now Botswana .

He was a member of the Royal Anthropological Institute and the American Geographical Society .

Works

Pygmies and Bushmen of the Kalahari; An Account of the Hunting Tribes Inhabiting the Great Arid Plateau of the Kalahari Desert, Their Precarious Manner of Living, Their Habits, Customs & Beliefs, with Some Reference to Bushman Art, Both Early & of Recent Date, & to the neighboring African tribes. With 37 illustrations & a map. London, Seeley Service & co. limited, 1925. (Second Edition: Cape Town 1975; ISBN 0869770551 ; with an introduction by Ione Rudner )
Notes on the Bushman of Basutoland. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 16, 1907, pages 437-450. Cape Town
The Basuto: their traditional history and folklore. Grahamstown, South Africa: Printed at "The Journal" Oil Motor Printing Factory, 1908.
Divination and Divining Bones . South African Journal of Science 20 (1923), pp. 506-611;
The heavenly bodies in South African mythology. South African journal of science. 18 (3-4), 1922, pages 430-437. Johannesburg
Moon lore amongst the Bantu. Salisbury: NADA, 1927.

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SURNAME	Dornan, Samuel Shaw
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish anthropologist, theologian and missionary
DATE OF BIRTH	1871
PLACE OF BIRTH	Carr , County Down , Northern Ireland
DATE OF DEATH	July 27, 1941