The University of the Cape of Good Hope, renamed the

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in 1916, was created when the

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government passed Act 16 of 1873 in the

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. Modelled on the

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, it offered examinations but not tuition, and had the power to confer degrees upon successful examination candidates. Today, this function still exists within the Department of Music where, for over 100 years, music pupils have been examined.

List of chancellors

*1874-1876: *1876–1880: William Porter *1880–1884: Sir

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*1884–1890: The

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*1890–1898: Sir

Langham Dale Sir Langham Dale (22 May 1826, Kingsclere, Hampshire - 12 January 1898, Mowbray, Cape Town ) was the Cape Colony's second superintendent general of education. Life He was born at Kingsclere, son of Henry Dale and his wife Mary Ann Stroud. He wa ...

*1898–1901: Justice Charles Thomas Smith *1901–1912: the

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(the future George V) *1912-1918: Field-Marshal

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References

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