Donal P McCracken

Donal McCracken was born and educated in Ireland and is an emeritus professor of history at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. His books include Gardens of Empire (Leicester University Press, 1997), Natal the Garden Colony (Frandsen Publishers, 1991), The Way to Kirstenbosch (National Botanical Institute, 1998) and Saving the Zululand Wilderness (Jacana Media, 2008). He was the first chair of the Durban Botanic Gardens Trust.

Donal McCracken was born and educated in Ireland and is an emeritus professor of history at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. His books include Gardens of Empire (Leicester University Press, 1997), Natal the Garden Colony (Frandsen Publishers, 1991), The Way to Kirstenbosch (National Botanical Institute, 1998) and Saving the Zululand Wilderness (Jacana Media, 2008). He was the first chair of the Durban Botanic Gardens Trust. See less