Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
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Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr was a South African politician and intellectual in the years preceding apartheid. In his lifetime he was regarded as one of the cleverest men in the country, and it was widely expected that he would eventually become Prime Minister of South Africa.
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Jan Hofmeyr at the age of thirteen. This picture was taken in his first year at the University of Cape Town.
Broad Street facade of Balliol College, Oxford, where Hofmeyr studied classics for the years 1913 to 1916; they were, according to his friend and biographer Alan Paton, the happiest of his life.
Jan Hofmeyr with his mother Deborah. She lived with and took care of her son throughout his life and even outlived him. Deborah was a widow and Jan remained a bachelor.
Jan Hofmeyr and Jan Smuts. Smuts always regarded Hofmeyr as his political successor but his hopes of a continued legacy were smashed with Hofmeyr's untimely death.
Jan Hofmeyr, South Africa's Minister of Finance, prepares to deliver his budget speech in parliament.
In this cartoon Jan Hofmeyr is drawn as Jan Smuts's literal shadow. Smuts is standing on a map of South Africa and Hofmeyr's shadow lands on the map.Awards 1
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Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr was a South African politician and intellectual in the years preceding apartheid. In his lifetime he was regarded as one of the cleverest men in the country, and it was widely expected that he would eventually become Prime Minister of South Africa. He came from a well-known Afrikaner family; his uncle, also Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr but known affectionately as "Onze Jan" among fellow Afrikaners, was a famous figure in the Afrikaans language movement.
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