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[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about William Bazley. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1907.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018, using https://akennedysmith.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/isys-travels-baroness-eliza-von-hugel-1840-1931/: Baroness Eliza Margaret von Hügel, more often known as Isy, was born Eliza Margaret Froude in 1840, the daughter of the engineer and naval architect William Froude F.R.S and his wife Catherine (nee Holdsworth). She married Baron Anatole von Hügel in 1880, after which they moved to Cambridge and where Anatole was appointed the first Curator of what was then called the Museum of General and Local Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, a position he would hold for the next thirty-eight years. Eliza donated much of her own money to the Museum, and laid the foundation stone for its new building in 1910. She died in 1931.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using MAA website: Baron Anatole von Hügel was of mixed Austrian aristocratic and Scottish descent, and grew up between Italy, Belgium, and England. His father had a wide-ranging interest in ethnography, zoology, and botany. Von Hügel studied at Stonyhurst, a Catholic College in Lancashire, from 1871-73, but was advised to undertake a long sea voyage for his health, and decided to visit Australia. During his time in Australia, von Hügel mixed in scientific circles, ended up conducting scientific research in Fiji. He returned to England in 1877, where he made contacts in Cambridge. In 1884 he was appointed the first Curator of what was then called the Museum of General and Local Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, a position he would hold for the next thirty-eight years. During his time as Curator, he donated his own materials from his time in Fiji, he raised money to construct the new premises of the museum at Downing Street, and oversaw the move to this location. He also corresponded with collectors, travellers, and researchers from around the world, and steadily built up the collections at the Museum. He died in 1928.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Baleni kaSilwana of the Mpungose people was a part of the Dhloko regiment. He was born in Dingaga's reign at the White Umfolozi in the Mahlabatini valley. kaSilwana was interviewed by James Stuart in 1914.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Baleni kaMlalaziko's mother was from the Ngcobo people. He was apparently related to Socwatsha and was interviewed by James Stuart in 1918.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Baleka kaMpitikezi was a member of the Qwabe people, and was born circa 1856. She was interviewed multiple times by James Stuart in 1919, and at least one of these interviews took place at High Brae (Stuart's home in Hilton, near Pietermaritzburg)

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about B. Talbot. He worked with or for the P.W.D. in 1928, during which time he drew a survey map of uMgungundlovu (Dingaan's Kraal).]

[Source - Nessa Leibhammer for FHYA, 2016, using MAA materials: B. Haynes donated material collected by C.B.H. Haynes to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge on behalf of the Haynes family.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using the NISC website: Anthropology Southern Africa was known as the South African Journal of Ethnology from its foundation in 1994 to 2001. The journal changed its name and focus in 2002. It is the peer-reviewed journal of the Anthropology Southern Africa association. The journal aims to promote anthropology in southern Africa, to support ethnographic and theoretical research, and to provide voices to public debates. The journal publishes work on and from southern Africa including Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using materials from the South African Human Sciences Research Networking Directory, published in 1996: Anthony Edward Cubbin began working as a professor in the Department of History at the University of Zululand in 1985. He attended the University of Natal from 1959−1961, where he received his bachelor's degree. He subsequently studied at the University of the Orange Free State, where he received his PhD in 1983.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Mr. Antel lived in Nonoti in the Lower Tugela Division, and was a clerk for Captain Walmesley (a Natal Border Agent). He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1900 at Impendhle.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using the Wikipedia article on Allan Francis Gardiner: Allan Francis Gardiner was a British Royal Navy officer and a missionary. He was born on 28 January 1794. After serving in the British Royal Navy, Gardiner travelled to southern Africa in 1834 to begin his missionary work. He started the first missionary station at Port Natal in South Africa. From 1834 to 1838, he worked to open Christian churches in Zululand. He also founded a mission at Hambanathi on near the Tongaat river. He left South Africa in 1838 and continued his missionary work around the world. Gardiner is believed to have died on 6 September 1851 on Picton Island where he had been attempting to open a mission.]

[Source - Nessa Leibhammer for FHYA , 2017, using Wikipedia: Alice Werner was a writer, poet, and teacher of the ‘Bantu’ language. After visiting Nyasaland in 1893 and Natal in 1894, much of her writings focused on African themes. She was a professor of Swahili and Bantu languages at the School of Oriental and African Studies and the University of London, which she joined in 1917. She retired in 1929. Following this retirement, she was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor from SOAS. In 1931 she was awarded the Silver Medal of the African Society, of which she was Vice-President.] 

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using the Cambridge University Library website: Alfred Cort Haddon was a zoologist, ethnologist, and anthropologist in the late 1800s to the early 1900s. He was a lecturer at the University of Cambridge and was a Fellow of Christ’s Church. His papers, and their associated materials, were deposited at the Cambridge University Library by the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in 1968. This material is housed in the Special Collections at CUL, specifically within the Manuscripts and University Archives, as well as in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018, using The Collection of Father Franz Mayr Zulu Recordings 1908, CD booklet: A. Mgoma was the wife of Nogwaja, who was the chieftain of the Makabela people. She was recorded by Father Franz Mayr in around 1908.]