Biographies
169 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0007801 | biography | Autshumao (Herry the Strandloper) | 1663 | – |
| B-0007822 | biography | Jan Gerritze Bantjes | 1817-1887 | – |
| B-0007868 | biography | Joseph Booth | 1851-1932 | – |
| B-0007874 | biography | Professor Carel Boshoff | 1927-2011 | – |
| B-0007880 | biography | Sir. Richard Bourke | 1777-1855 | – |
| B-0007924 | biography | Michael Cassidy | 1936 | – |
| B-0007954 | biography | Harriette Emily Colenso | 1847-1932 | – |
| B-0007962 | biography | Harold Cressy | 1889-1916 | – |
| B-0007965 | biography | Bishop Samuel Adjai Crowther | 1800 | – |
| B-0007971 | biography | Chief Dalindyebo | 1865-1923 | – |
| B-0007981 | biography | Johannes Jacobus Degenaar | 1926 | – |
| B-0007996 | biography | Izak de Villiers | 1936-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0008014 | biography | Rev. Joseph J Doke | – | – |
| B-0008019 | biography | Kevin Dowling | 1944 | – |
| B-0008036 | biography | James Mata Dwane | 1848-1916 | ✓ |
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…
Jan Gerritze Bantjes
Jan Gerritze Bantjes was born in Graaff-Reinet district. He was a member of Voortrekker leader Jacob de Clercq's group who arrived at…
Joseph Booth
Joseph Booth was born in 1851 in Derby, England. A unique figure in the missionary history of central and southern Africa, Booth was one of…
Professor Carel Boshoff
Carel Boshoff was born on 9 November 1927, a second child from the second marriage of his father. He spent his early life on a cattle farm…
Sir. Richard Bourke
Richard Bourke was born on 4 May 1777 in Dublin, Ireland. During his army career he was promoted to Major-General and proved himself as an…
Michael Cassidy
South African Christian leader, writer and founder of Africa Enterprise, renowned for his initiatives at ecumenism, and reconciliation on…
Harriette Emily Colenso
Harriette Emily Colenso was She was born in Norfolk, England, in 1847, the oldest child of Bishop John William Colenso of Natal. Until her…
Harold Cressy
Harold Cressy was born on 1 February 1889 in Rorkes Drift, KwaZulu Natal. He was one of the five children of Bernard and Mary Cressy. The…
Bishop Samuel Adjai Crowther
Born about 1800, in Zomba, Central Africa. From his youth the boy showed the signs of greatness and it was clear that he had a future. The…
Chief Dalindyebo
Chief Dalindyebo, of the Tembus, was born in 1865. At the age of 14 years he was admitted into St. John's, where he remained until his…
Johannes Jacobus Degenaar
Johannes Jacobus Degenaar was born on 7 March 1926 in Ladysmith. As a young man he was sent to the Cape to study at the University of…
Izak de Villiers
Izak de Villiers was born in Paarl on 30 July 1936. He attended Paarl Gymnasium, a school for which he maintained a lifelong passion. He…
Rev. Joseph J Doke
Reverend Doke Became acquainted with Gandhi during the plague outbreak in Johannesburg. He was the Minister of the Johannesburg Baptist…
Kevin Dowling
Kevin Patrick Dowling was born in Pretoria and was ordained as a priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer on 9 July 1967. He…
James Mata Dwane
Dwane was born in the Eastern Cape in 1848 and was raised as a Wesleyan. Ordained as a minister in 1881, he proved to be a man of great…