John E. Flint (17 May 1930 – 29 August 2021) was a historian of Dalhousie University who was known for his work on the history of colonialism in Africa.
[3] He wrote biographies of George Taubman Goldie,[4] which was a reworking of his PhD thesis, and Cecil Rhodes, and he edited volume five of The Cambridge History of Africa, dealing with the period c.1790 to c.1870.
[5] In 2001, a Festschrift was published in Flint's honour under the title Agency and action in colonial Africa: Essays for John E.
[6][7] Flint had a son Richard who was a disability rights campaigner and a daughter Helen who was a novelist and poet.
Both died young due to the inherited degenerative condition cerebellar ataxia.