Jan Lion Cachet
South African writer (1838-1912) · South Africa · On the map · Writers · Died at 73
Jan Lion Cachet was a minister and professor in the Reformed Church and an early Afrikaans writer and poet. Cachet was born to Jewish-Portuguese parents as the younger brother of Frans Lion Cachet. In 1849 the family converted to Christianity. In 1861 Cachet emigrated to South Africa as a teacher.
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He qualified as a minister and later became a professor at the Theological School in Burgersdorp, of which Prof. Dirk Postma was the rector. In 1905 he moved with the theological school to Potchefstroom and a few years later he died.
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