The Man Behind the Beard: Deneys Schreiner: A South African Liberal Life

By Graham Dominy

Deneys Schreinerwas an academic, a scientist, and a man of strong liberal principles, with a good sense of humor and widespread interests in the sciences, arts, and public affairs. Between the 1960s and 1980s, he supported and initiated several important endeavors to promote constitutional futures other than those imposed by the apartheid government. This biography sets out the contexts of Deneys's forebears, his youth, wartime service, studies in Britain and America, family life, and tenure as vice principal, as well as the context of the times in which he lived. It is based on extensive archival research, supported by interviews with family members, former colleagues, friends, and journalists. The picture that emerges is of a man who made a great contribution to the struggle for democracy in South Africa. And then there is the story of his beard, once described as a potent symbol of his presence and implacable integrity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1869144449
• ISBN13: 9781869144449
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"