Eric Rosenthal (historian and author)
- Eric Rosenthal (historian and author)
Eric Rosenthal, (born July 10, 1905 in Newlands, Cape Town) was a South African historian and author. He graduated with a law degree, later becoming a journalist and writer of many corporate histories. He was a member of "Test the Team", a long-running South African radio quiz show.[cite book]
last = McCormack
first = Dewar
title = The Perm Book of 'Test the Team'
date = 1994
pages = 226
publisher = Salty Print
location = Cape Town
isbn = 0620181656] The elder of two children born to Richard Rosenthal and Hedwig De Beer, he received his first education at Parktown Preparatory School in Johannesburg, and later St. John's College. He chose to follow a legal career and qualified as an attorney at the University of the Witwatersrand. Early opportunities as a journalist saw his virtual abandoning of law. He was competent at sketching and enlivened his books with explanatory drawings.
Eric Rosenthal was married to Jenny Bradley on December 18, 1934 in Westcliff, Johannesburg. On retirement they settled in Fish Hoek near Cape Town.
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Eric Rosenthal's grandfather was Albert Rosenthal, who settled in Middelburg in the Eastern Cape in about 1854, where he was on the board of directors of the Standard Bank of South Africa. He married Pauline Emmanuel from Germany, who was a fellow music student with Engelbert Humperdinck. They produced three sons - two elder sons born in Germany, Julius (1868-1902) and Richard born 1869, and lastly Berthold born 1885 in Middelburg.
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