Smuts, Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950

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Dates:
Birth 1870-05-24
Death 1950-09-11
South Africans,
English,

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South African statesman.

From the description of Typed letter signed : to Sir Sydney Cockerell, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665092

Jan Christiaan Smuts was a guerilla commander in the Boer War, led forces against the German in World War I, and commanded South African forces in World War II. He was Prime Minister of South Africa, 1919-1924 and 1939-1948, and helped draft the United Nations charter.

From the description of Walt Whitman : a study in the evolution of personality, 1895. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 55506763

Smuts was a South African statesman and general. Lamont was an American investment banker.

From the description of Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Lamont, 1930-1951. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612374078

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