Dr. Thomas Chalmers Robertson (15 September 1907 – 11 January 1989) was a writer, ecologist and conservationist from South Africa.http://www.birdingroutes.co.za/southern_kzn/scbr/sites/skznbrbs12.2_robertson_reserve.html, retrieved 23 December 2010, He was also a war correspondent, and Jan Smuts’s anti- Nazi

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during World War II.Bell, S. The Happy Warrior: The Story of TC Robertson. He was driven by three things: his mission to save the soil (and grasses of Southern Africa), his insatiable quest for knowledge (being regarded by some as a genius), and his equally insatiable

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. The T.C.Robertson Nature Reserve situated on the outskirts of the town of

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is named after him, and he played a role in the development of

Ilanda Wilds Ilanda Wilds is a nature reserve along Amanzimtoti River in the town of Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Swart, C. ''Ilanda wilds - our own natural garden'': South Coast Sun: 13 October 1974. This small area of land (Pooley, T. and Player, ...

(a nature reserve in Amanzimtoti to the north of Scottburgh).Gill, C. ''Interest Shown in Ilanda Wilds'': South Coast Sun: 26 November 2010. According to

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, Robertson coined the term " white nationalism" in his 1948 essay titled ''Racism Comes to Power in South Africa: The Threat of White Nationalism''. However,

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has noted usage of the two-word phrase as early as 1925.

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