Paton, Alan Stewart

South African activist and author

principal of Diepkloof Reformatory 1935-1948

wrote novels "Cry, the Beloved Country" 1948, "Too Late the Phalarope" 1953, "Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful" 1981, short story collection "Debbie Go Home" 1961 (also "Tales from a Troubled Land"), autobiographies "Towards the Mountain" 1980, "Journey Continued" 1988

leader of Liberal Party 1958-1968