University of the Cape of Good Hope

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Founded 1873		Headquarters Pretoria, South Africa
Notable alumni Alexander du Toit, William Schreiner, J L B Smith Similar Technikon Witwatersrand, Rhodes University, University of Fort Hare

The University of the Cape of Good Hope, renamed the University of South Africa in 1916, was created when the Molteno government passed Act 16 of 1873 in the Cape of Good Hope Parliament. Modelled on the University of London, it offered examinations but not tuition, and had the power to confer degrees upon successful examination candidates. Today, this function still exists within the Department of Music where, for over 100 years, music pupils have been examined.

List of Chancellors

1874-1876:

1876–1880: William Porter

1880–1884: Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere

1884–1890: The Earl of Carnarvon

1890–1898: Sir Langham Dale

1898–1901: Justice Charles Thomas Smith

1901–1912: the Duke of Cornwall and York (the future George V)

1912-1918: Field-Marshal Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

References

University of the Cape of Good Hope Wikipedia

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