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Ray Beachey

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101:, the latter describing him as "the gentle Canadian". Beachey found his African students to be more dedicated than those he had taught in Canada, but following Ugandan independence in 1962 he became increasingly concerned that the country was unprepared for self-government and left in 1968. The murder of his former student Benedicto Kiwanuka and the ensuing brutal reigns of Idi Amin and Milton Obote strengthened his opinion - on one occasion a former colleague who had suffered torture at the hands of Obote's men begged him to work towards a return of British rule in the country. 116:
in 1978. He lived there for the rest of his life, dying in July 2010. As well as his university work, Beachey was an important historian of East Africa, publishing numerous reference works on the region. He was also a collector of
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as the result of the haste with which the British withdrew from the country. He was also an historian of East Africa and published several important works on the subject.
210: 235: 215: 225: 173: 71: 220: 62:, and worked at logging camps to pay for his education before obtaining a job in finance in Ottawa and subsequently joining the 260: 42:, but was concerned that Uganda was not ready for independence at the time it was granted and saw the dictatorial regimes of 255: 63: 105: 79: 22:(24 October 1915 – 10 July 2010) was a Canadian educator, historian and academic best known for his work at 109: 230: 205: 59: 177: 23: 31: 30:
in the 1950s and 1960s. In this capacity he tutored many important African leaders including
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On graduation, Beachey took a position lecturing at Makerere University in
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The British West Indies Sugar Industry in the Late 19th Century
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Index

Makerere University
Uganda
Benedicto Kiwanuka
Yusuf Lule
Mwai Kibaki
Idi Amin
Milton Obote
Trout Creek, Ontario
Royal Canadian Air Force
Second World War
Queen's University
PhD
University of Edinburgh
Kampala
Kenya
V. S. Naipaul
Paul Theroux
King's College London
University of Waterloo
Hampshire
Persian carpets
Middle East
"Professor Ray Beachey"
The Daily Telegraph
Categories
1915 births
Queen's University at Kingston alumni
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Historians from Ontario
Canadian male non-fiction writers

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