Hugh Marshall Hole [SEP] date of birth
Hugh Marshall Hole
Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Marshall Hole, CMG (16 May 1865 – 18 May 1941) was an English pioneer, administrator and author and best known for issuing the "Marshall Hole currency".
Education and appointments.
Marshall Hole was born in Tiverton in Devon, England. He was educated at Blundell's School and Balliol College (where he won the Newte exhibition).
Marshall Hole came to South Africa in 1889 and met the mine magnate and politician Cecil Rhodes in Kimberley. Rhodes offered
August 1900
The following events occurred in August 1900:
August 1, 1900 (Wednesday).
- Hugh Marshall Hole, colonial administrator of Matabeleland and Bulawayo in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) solved the problem of a shortage of coins and bills by issuing his own money, now known by collectors as "Marshall Hole Currency".
- "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", by L. Frank Baum, was published for national distribution.
- Race rioting broke out in the predominantly African-American town of