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Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch, 1901-1966

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Personal name headingVerwoerd, Hendrik Frensch, 1901-1966
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Variant(s)Verwoerd, H. F. (Hendrik Frensch), 1901-1966
Biography/History noteIndividual was a murder victim.
LocatedSouth Africa
Birth date1901
Death date1966
Place of birthAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Place of deathCape Town (South Africa)
AffiliationUniversity of Stellenbosch South Africa. Parliament National Party (South Africa)
Profession or occupationPrime ministers College teachers Legislators
Found inAllighan, G. Verwoerd--the end, 1961.
His Separate development, 1958: t.p. (Senator the Honourable Dr. H.F. Verwoerd, minister of native affairs)
LC data base, 10/8/84 (hdg.: Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch, 1901-1966; usage: H.F. Verwoerd)
WW Southern Africa, 1966 (Verwoerd, Dr. The Hon. Hendrik Frensch)
Dictionary of African Biography, accessed April 07, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch; prime minister, professor, legislator, murder victim; born 1901 in Amsterdam, Netherlands; PhD in psychology from University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (1924); professor of Social Work in Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Stellenbosch (1932); was elected to the Senate of South Africa (upper house of parliament) (1948), following the National Party's (South Africa) election victory; was appointed Minister of Native Affairs (1950) and Prime Minister (1956); regarded as the chief architect of South Africa's system of apartheid; was assassinated in Cape Town, died 1966 in Cape Town, South Africa)
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