George H.T. Kimble
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LOCATION: Ditchling, United Kingdom
Director, Survey of Tropical Africa, Twentieth Century Fund, New York City, 1953–60. Professor of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1957–66. Author of Tropical Africa (2 vol.).
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Veld, name given to various types of open country in Southern Africa that is used for pasturage and farmland. To most South African farmers today the “veld” refers to the land they work, much of which has long since ceased to be “natural.” Various types of veld may be discerned, depending upon…
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