the African National Congress (ANC). Like E.O.J. Westphal, he possessed extraordinary linguistic gifts, and he was a polyglot. Westphal was also one of the founders of SANCCOB (South African National Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds), the story of which is documented in Marie Philip's book Gregory. Jackass Penguin, translated from the Afrikaans book by Marie Philip and Adèle Naudé: Gregory. Kaapse pikkewyn, 1971. Westphal had three sons: Robin Peter, born 1945, Richard Geoffrey, born 1949, and Jonathan Westphal, born 1951. Prof. Westphal's second wife Althea had originally taken his ashes from Africa to Zennor, Cornwall, England, to be buried at St Senara's Church, but in the event he was buried in Port Appin, Scotland, near Glencoe, Highland. His tombstone carries the words, "A True Son of Venda". A Festschrift was posthumously published in his honour, African linguistic contributions: presented in honour of Ernst Westphal, edited by Derek F. Gowlett (Pretoria: Via Afrika, 1992). Bibliography Westphal published many scholarly articles and books, including: The Sentence in Venda, University of London, London School of Oriental and African Studies, 1955. Kwangari: An Index of Lexical Types, University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1958. The Linguistic Prehistory of Southern Africa: Bush, Kwadi, Hottentot and Bantu Linguistic Relationships, Oxford University Press, 1963. Vowel systems and X-Ray photography : an assessment of the Cardinal Vowel Chart, School of African Studies, Cape Town, 1971. with Almeida, António de: Línguas não-bantas de Angola. References 1919 births 1990 deaths Academics of SOAS University of London Alumni of the University of London Languages of Africa Linguists of Khoisan languages South African Africanists South African people of German descent Academic staff of the University of Cape Town University of the Witwatersrand alumni