Obituary of Frank William Taylor
Thursday, April 09, 2020
He often started work before 5am each day, developing his latest ideas into projects and more projects. His tireless energy awarded him his nickname, ‘dust devil’, or ‘little whirlwind’.
Frank arrived in Botswana in 1964. Born in Cape Town, he supported one of the first archaeological expeditions, led by Lone and Jalmar Rudner, to the remote Tsodilo Hills. Botswana enchanted him, so different from the racialised society of apartheid South Africa.
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