Biographies
10,765 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0007780 | biography | Daniel William | 1880 | – |
| B-0007774 | biography | Arthur Albert Hugh Adams | 1929-2006 | ✓ |
| B-0007770 | biography | Raymond Ackerman | 1931 | – |
| B-0007767 | biography | Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams | 1903-1973 | – |
| B-0007797 | biography | Ben Wa Mokoena Arnold | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0007801 | biography | Autshumao (Herry the Strandloper) | 1663 | – |
| B-0007805 | biography | Baden Powell | 1857-1941 | – |
| B-0007809 | biography | Sir Herbert Baker | 1862-1946 | – |
| B-0007808 | biography | John Thomas Baines | 1820-1875 | ✓ |
| B-0007814 | biography | William George Ballinger | 1894-1974 | ✓ |
| B-0007812 | biography | August Aime Balkema | 1906-1966 | ✓ |
| B-0007816 | biography | Richard Granville Baloyi | 1897-1962 | ✓ |
| B-0007817 | biography | Vincent Baloyi | 1954 | – |
| B-0007821 | biography | Daniel Thomas Banda | 1952 | – |
| B-0007823 | biography | Elijah Barayi | 1930-1994 | ✓ |
Daniel William
Daniel William Alexander was born in 1880 in Port Elizabeth, the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican…
Arthur Albert Hugh Adams
Albert Adams was born At the Crown Gold Mine near Johannesburg on 23 June 1929. Adams was a child of Indian and Cape Coloured parents. His…
Raymond Ackerman
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Bell, P. (1999) “Raymond Ackerman” from They Shaped our…
Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams
Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams was born on 12 March 1903 in Vilna, Lithuania. He was the son of Zecharya Alter Abramowich and Rachel Leah…
Ben Wa Mokoena Arnold
Ben Wa Mokoena Arnold was born on 19 July 1942 in Johannesburg. Arnold attended school in Albertville, Newclare and Coronationville. In…
Autshumao (Herry the Strandloper)
Autshumao also known as Herry the strandloper (beach walker), he was chief and interpreter of the Gorinhaikonas. In 1630 he was taken to…
Baden Powell
Baden Powell or BP was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell was born on the 22 February 1857, the son of Professor Baden Powell, of…
Sir Herbert Baker
John Thomas Baines
SA Painter John Thomas Baines was born on 27 November 1820 in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England (often reffered to as Thomas Baines). His…
William George Ballinger
William George Ballinger was born on 21st of September in 1894 in Britain. In 1928 he was sent to South Africa by the British Independent…
August Aime Balkema
Several dutch publishers have featured prominently in the South African book industry. They include JJ van Schaik, Gerrit Bakker, Cornells…
Richard Granville Baloyi
Richard Granville Baloyi was born on 1897 and lived in Alexandra north of Johannesburg in 1922. His first job was that of a taxi driver but…
Vincent Baloyi
Vincent Baloyi was born on 4 February 1954 in Newclare, Johannesburg. Baloyi first attended school in Soweto where his family moved in 1961…
Daniel Thomas Banda
Elijah Barayi
Elijah Barayi was born in Lingelihle, (Cradock ) Eastern Cape, on 15th of June in 1930. He was one of eight children of working class…