Leo Marquard

Leopold (Leo) Marquard (15 June 1897 – 27 March 1974) was a South African educator, writer and founding member of the Liberal Party.[1] He was born in Winburg in the Free State where his father, Rev. JJT Marquard - after whom the town of Marquard was named - was pastor of the local NG congregation. Marquard received his education in his native village and at the Grey College, Bloemfontein. He then left for Oxford as a Rhodes Scholarship holder.[2]

Marquard served in the British Air Force during the First World War. After the war, he began to teach. In 1924 he was one of the founders of NUSAS (National Union of South African Students).[2] In 1940, he joined the South African forces in World War II and achieved great success as head of the Army Education Service. After the war, he headed the operations of Oxford University Press in Southern Africa. He has also written extensively on history, education and sociology.[3]

Marquard represented South Africa at UNESCO (United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization) and was a leading figure in the South African Institute of Race Relations (SA Institute of Race Relations).[4] On 9 May 1953, he was co-founder of the Liberal Party.[5]

He died on 27 March 1974.[6]

References
  1. MacDonald, Michael (2006). Why Race Matters in South Africa. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-02186-0.
  2. Louis, Wm Roger; Gadd, Ian Anders; Eliot, Simon; Louis, William Roger; Robbins, Keith. History of Oxford University Press: Volume III: 1896 to 1970. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-956840-6.
  3. Marquard, Leo (1952). The Peoples and Policies of South Africa. Leo Marquard. Oxford University Press.
  4. Unesco (1988). Unesco Yearbook on Peace and Conflict Studies 1986. Unesco. ISBN 978-92-3-102488-7.
  5. Hain, Peter (7 January 2014). Ad & Wal: Values, Duty, Sacrifice in Apartheid South Africa. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84954-706-2.
  6. Reality. 1976.
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