SMUTS – JAN CHRISTIAAN/CHRISTIAN – (JAN)
| Born: 1870/05/24 Rank: GENL. Regiment: ZAR – ALL FORCES GPS: S25°53.272 E28°14.442 |
Reason for death: DIED Place of death: NATURAL DEATH AT OLD AGE Date of death: 1950/09/11 Memorial: OBELISK ON SMUTS KOPPIE ON THE FARM DOORNKLOOF – IRENE – PRETORIA |
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MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT GEN.SMUTS, FROM HIS SCHOOLDAYS IN RIEBEEK WEST, THROUGH UNIVERSITY AT STELLENBOSCH AND THEN ON TO CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, HIS APPOINTMENT AS STATE ATTORNEY OF THE Z.A.R., HIS GENERALSHIP DURING THE ANGLO-BOER WAR, HIS INFLUENCE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA, HIS ELECTION AS THE SECOND PRIME MINISTER OF SOUTH AFRICA, HIS INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD WAR 1 AND 2, HIS HONORARY APPOINTMENT AS A FIELD MARSHAL OF THE BRITISH ARMY, HIS INSTALLATION AS CHANCELLOR OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, HIS INFLUENCE ON THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATIONS, AND HIS DECADES LONG INFLUENCE ON THE LIFE OF SOUTH AFRICA. TWO BOOKS BY RICHARD STEYN – JAN SMUTS * UNAFRAID OF GREATNESS (2015) AND CHURCHILL & SMUTS * THE FRIENDSHIP (2017) ADD MUCH TO WHAT HAD ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN.
