E.B. Sargant

Edmund Beale Sargant (1855-1935) & Mare Sargant, The Country's Call (1914). Kessinger, 2010. Courtesy Amazon.com.

Template:Unreferenced Edmund Beale Sargant (1855-1935) was an English poet, who worked as a colonial administrator in the British Empire

Life

Sar­gant served as Di­rect­or of Ed­u­ca­tion for Bri­tain’s Tran­svaal and Or­ange Ri­ver Col­o­ny in what is now South Af­ri­ca.. He was notable for his policy of introducing English in the South African educational system in the early years of the 20th century, as Director of Education for the Transvaal and Orange River Colony under Alfred Milner, and in the aftermath of the war. The Sargant Report (1905) was important for the future of education in the Transvaal.

Recognition

His poem "The Cuckoo Wood" was published in the Georgian Poetry, 1911-1912 anthology.

Publications

Poetry

• The Casket Songs, and other poems. London: Longman, 1911.
• The Country's Call: A short selection of patriotic verse (with Marie Sargant). London: Macmillan, 1914.
• More Songs by the Wayside. London: J. & E. Bumpus, 1934.

Non-fiction

• Federation through Education. Durban: 1903.
• The University and the Civil Service. London: Longmans Green, 1905.
• Federal Tendencies in Education: A paper read before the Royal Colonial Institute, January 15, 1907. London: Royal Colonial Institute, 1907.
• Report on Native Education in South Africa (1908) Parliamentary Paper
• British Citizenship: An inquiry as to its meaning. London: Royal Colonial Institute, 1911.
• British Citizenship: A discussion initiated. London: Longmans Green, 1912.

Edited

• Guide Book to Books (edited with Bernhard Whishaw). London: Henry Frowde, 1891.

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.

See also

• List of British poets

External links

Poems

• "Dear Father-Mother" at Cyber Hymnal
• "The Cuckoo Wood" at Poets' Corner

Books

• Edmund Beale Sargant at Amazon.com