Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (1894–1948)
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (20 March 1894 – 3 December 1948) 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.
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr | |
|---|---|
| Administrator of the Transvaal | |
| In office 1924–1929 | |
| Minister of Finance and Education | |
| In office 5 September 1939 – 25 May 1948 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office 1943–1948 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 March 1894 Cape Town, Cape Colony |
| Died | 3 December 1948 (aged 54) Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political party | South African United |
| Alma mater | South African College Schools University of Cape Town Balliol College, Oxford |
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