Description
Eve A. Pollecoff here tells the story of Otto Markus - 'Pioneer Merchant Trader' - who established his East African Trading Company in the wake of growing British interest in East Africa: especially Kenya and Uganda.
About the Author
Eve A. Pollecoff was born in Mombasa, Kenya and is the granddaughter of Otto Markus. She received early education locally, including Kenya High School, Nairobi, before Cheltenham Ladies College. After St Andrew's University and postgraduate work at Oxford University, she worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit and after a period living in the USA, taught history of ballet at Rambert Ballet School and at the Stella Mann School, before returning to the EIU. She has served as a JP on the Richmond Bench. Eve A. Pollecoff has written the life of her grandfather as a contribution to the economic history o East Africa, as a family history and especially as a fond debt to her grandfather's memory.
Book Information
ISBN 9781848859371
Author Eve A. Pollecoff
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint Radcliffe Press
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 390g