# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephanus-jacobus-du-toit
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:35:56.896Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephanus-jacobus-du-toit"
name: "Stephanus Jacobus du Toit"
slug: "stephanus-jacobus-du-toit"
description: "Stephanus Jacobus du Toit was a South African nationalist, theologian, journalist, and translator. He promoted the Afrikaans language as a symbol of Afrikaner nationalism, launched the first Afrikaans-language newspaper Die Afrikaanse Patriot, and translated the Bible into Afrikaans. He was Superintendent of Education in the South African Republic from 1882 to 1889."
tagline: "Afrikaans clergyman, founder of the First Afrikaans Language Movement (1847-1911)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SJ_du_Toit_aan_die_Kweekskool.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1847-10-09"
deathDate: "1911-05-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.877286666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ستيفانوس چاكوبوس دو تويت"
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    title: "Stephanus Jacobus du Toit"
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    title: "Stephanus Jacobus du Toit"
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    title: "Stephanus Jacobus du Toit"
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    title: "Stephanus Jacobus du Toit"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump