George McCall Theal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George McCall Theal

South African historian, archivist and genealogist

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1837

Place of Birth: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1919

Profession: writer, historian, archivist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

George McCall Theal (11 April 1837, Saint John, New Brunswick – 17 April 1919, Wynberg, Cape Town), was the most prolific and influential South African historian, archivist and genealogist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.