Dr Pieter le Fras Nortier

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Dr Pieter le Fras Nortier (Nortje)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Willowmore, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: April 09, 1955 (71)
Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of Esaias Andries Johannes Lourens Nortje and Maria Susanna Ferreira
Husband of Agatha Nortier
Father of Hermione Amneste (Neste) Nortier; Private; Private; Private and Catharina Johanna (Charité) Olivier
Brother of Maria Susanna Nortje; Hermina Elizabeth Bezuidenhout; Johanna Jacoba Mouton; Private; Private and 4 others

Occupation: Medical Dr, Founder of Rooibos tee industry
Managed by: Daniel Jacobus Burger
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About Dr Pieter le Fras Nortier

Dr Peter le Fras Nortier (1884 – 1955)

Gebore 13 April 1884 op n plaas in Willowmore as oudste van 9 kinders. Woon die Hoer Seunskool en Victoria Kollege op Stellenbosch by. 1905 Rhodes-beurs van die Hoer Seunskool, Stellenbosch aan hom toegeken. 1905-08 Tuis in Pembroke College, Oxford vir preliminere mediese kursusse. 1908-11 Liverpool Universiteit vir die graad MB ChB 1913-14 Huisdokter en navorsing in geslagsiektes waarvoor n MD aan hom toegeken word. 1916 Begin op Clanwilliam praktiseer. 1917 Trou met Agatha Krige: vier dogters Charite, Clemency, Joy en Amneste word gebore. 1917 Distriksgeneesheer vir Clanwillaim en Van Rhynsdorp, vir Clanwilliam tot 1952 Spoorwegdokter Eendekuil/Klawer tot 1944, mediese beampte, besproeiingswerke, Olifantsrivier. 1948 Ere-D Sc van Universiteit Stellenbosch vir sy Navorsing in Landbou, Rooibostee, lemoene (Clanor Orange), grondbewaring (kompos van munisipale afval en proklamasie van die Nortier Reserwe, naby Lambertsbaai) 1952 Tree af as mediese praktisyn* 1955 9 April oorlede op Clanwilliam. Op 19 Mei word n ere-doktersgraad postuum aan hom (en aan Albert Schweitzer) deur die Universiteit Kaapstad toegeken.

  • Op Clanwilliam gedien as lid van die Afdelingsrad, munisipaliteit (ook as Burgemeester), Olifantsrivier-besproeiingsraad en ander liggame.

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Dr Pieter le Fras Nortier's Timeline

1883
April 13, 1883
Willowmore, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1884
June 15, 1884
Age 1
Willowmore, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1919
February 21, 1919
1928
June 14, 1928
Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa
1955
April 9, 1955
Age 71
Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa