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Eugène Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born in Pretoria.
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Swart, M.J., et al. (eds)(1980). Afrikaanse Kultuuralmanak, Aucklandpark: Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge; Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 196.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, January 6). Eugène Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born in Pretoria.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071784
South African History Online (2012) 'Eugène Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born in Pretoria.', South African History Online, 6 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071784 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
South African History Online, Eugène Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born in Pretoria. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071784, (accessed 12 October 2026).
"Eugène Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born in Pretoria.." South African History Online, 6 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071784. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Eugène Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born in Pretoria.." South African History Online. January 6, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071784.
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