Synopsis
Boer statesman and soldier
First name
Marthinus Wessel
Last name
Pretorius
Date of birth
17 September 1819
Date of death
19 May 1901
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was born in September 17, 1819, near Graaff-Reinet in the then Cape Colony. He was a boer statesman, soldier, eldest son of the Great Trek leader Andries Pretorius, and the first president of the South African Republic and founder of Pretoria. He died on the 19th of May , 1901, in Potchefstroom.