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Book Author: Gutsche, Thelma Year: 1966 Title: No Ordinary Woman: The life and times of Florence Phillips Place: Cape Town Publisher: Howard Timmins Dubbed "no ordinary woman" by Jan Smuts, Florence Phillips was influential amongst the leading figures of her time. Born in Cape Town in 1863, she moved between Cape Town and the Kimberley diamond fields, where she met and married Lionel Phillips in 1885. After the Jameson Raid and the South African War, the Phillips resettled in Johannesburg, where Florence motivated the setting up of the Johannesburg Art Gallery and commissioned Rudolf Marloth to start work on The Flora of South Africa. After they purchased the farm Vergelegen from fellow diamond prospector Samuel Kerr, she initiated its restoration, encouraging the preservation of national heritage through preserving local culture, crafts and artefacts. (Source: Select Books) Link to WorldCat - find this book in a library near you Buildings linked to this book All Saints Anglican Chapel, c1850, Durbanville, Western Cape. pp 84, 85 Bishops Diocesan College, 1853, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 133 Burgher Watch House, 1755, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp Various - see book index House L Phillips - Hohenheim - Otto Beit Convalescent Home, 1892-1894, Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp Various - see book index House Lionel Phillips: Villa Arcadia, 1909, Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp Various - see book index Iziko Museum - Koopmans de Wet House, 1790, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 220, 274, 292, 293, 294, 296, 300, 319, 327, 352, Johannesburg Civic Art Gallery, 1910 : 1987, Joubert Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp Various - see book index Vergelegen for Sir Lionel Phillips, restoration, 1700 : 1917 : 1993, Somerset West, Western Cape. pp 151, 186, 342, 343, 347, 352, 357, 358 et seq., 394, 397 People or firms linked to this book BAKER, Sir Herbert. pp Various - see book index ELSWORTH, Lancelot Andrew. pp 362, 367, 368, 375, 380 EMLEY, Frank. pp 71, 88, 92, 93, 96, 103, 201, 238, 245, 247 LUTYENS, Edwin Landseer. pp Various - see book index MARSHALL, Arthur James. pp 361 PEARSE, Geoffrey Eastcott. pp 353, 361, 365, 369, 381, 388 PHILLIPS, Lady Florence. pp All PHILLIPS, Lionel. pp Various REID, AH and W. pp SOLOMON, Joseph Michael. pp See book index WALGATE, Charles Percival. pp 360, 361, 362, 364, 365, 368, 375, 376, 381, 390