Samuel Marks (77) dies in Johannesburg

Date: 18 Feb 1920
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Sammy Marks was a diamond buyer of Kimberley, founder of the African and European Investment Company and Senator in the Parliament of the Union of South Africa. He was also a friend of President Paul Kruger. To read more about Sammy Marks, see our biography on him. Read more about Marks' contribution to Pretoria's history.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Samuel Marks (77) dies in Johannesburg. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011423

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