Ernest Glanville

Born in Wynberg in the Cape Colony, Ernest Glanville was a South African writer and journalist whose work became closely associated with life in the veld. Reliable sources found during this search agree that he was known especially for his short stories, and that he also wrote historical and adventure fiction.

His stories often drew on southern African landscapes, wildlife, and frontier settings, which helped give his books their distinctive atmosphere. He is still remembered in literary reference sources for popular works such as Tales from the Veld and In Search of the Okapi.

Sources located during this search disagree on one detail: some list his birth year as 1855, while others give 1856. Because of that conflict, it is safest to say that he lived in the mid-to-late 19th century and died in 1925 in Rondebosch.