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John E. Flint (17 May 1930 – 29 August 2021) was a historian of
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who was known for his work on the
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in Africa.


Early life

John Edgar Flint was born in
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,
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to Alfred Edgar Flint and Sarah Flint (née Pickup). He received his advanced education in
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, graduating from
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(MA) and
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(PhD).


Career

Flint was a member of the faculty of Dalhousie University for 27 years. He wrote biographies of
George Taubman Goldie Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie (20 May 1846 – 20 August 1925) was a Manx administrator who played a major role in the founding of Nigeria. In many ways, his role was similar to that of Cecil Rhodes elsewhere in Africa but he did ...
, which was a reworking of his PhD thesis, and
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, and he edited volume five of ''
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'', dealing with the period c.1790 to c.1870. In 2001, a
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was published in Flint's honour under the title ''Agency and action in colonial Africa: Essays for John E. Flint''.


Family

Flint had a son Richard who was a disability rights campaigner and a daughter Helen who was a novelist and poet. Both died young due to the inherited degenerative condition
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.


Selected publications

*''Sir George Goldie and the making of
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''.
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, Oxford, 1960. *''Nigeria and
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''.
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,
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, NJ, 1966. *''Books on the British Empire and Commonwealth: A guide for students''. Oxford University Press, London, 1968. *''Perspectives of empire: Essays in British imperial history presented to Gerald Sandford Graham''. Prentice Hall Press, 1973. (Editor with
Glyndwr Williams Glyndwr Williams (1932–24 January 2022) was a professor of history at Queen Mary, University of London since 1974, specialising in the history of exploration and the history of Europe overseas. He was appointed a professor emeritus of the Uni ...
) *''Cecil Rhodes''.
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, 1974. *''The Cambridge history of Africa Volume 5: From c.1790 to c.1870''.
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, Cambridge, 1977. (Editor)


Further reading

*''Agency and action in colonial Africa: Essays for John E. Flint''. Edited by
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and
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,
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, 2001.


References

Academic staff of Dalhousie University Historians of Africa Academics from Montreal Alumni of the University of Cambridge Alumni of the University of London Historians from Quebec {{Canada-historian-stub