| Remarks: * .1900 at Bloemfontein, South Africa, + 29.12.1955 at Johannesburg, South Africa, Cecil Joseph Cloete Lemmer was born in 1900 at Bloemfontein in South Africa. He was educated at the Grey University College in South Africa. He was a teacher and later an Inspector of Schools. He was the editor of Educa from 1933-. He was a founding member of the SWA Scientific Society, served as its secretary and as President from 1937 until 1939. He was a founder and first chairman of the SWA Monuments Commission from 1949-. He retired in 1955 and died in the same year [?]. He was a collector of books and manuscripts on Namibian history, and his material - among it autographs of Namibian leaders such as Hendrik Witbooi - was purchased from the family for the National Archives of Namibia where it is preserved as "Lemmer Collection". (Klaus Dirks) |
| Date: December 1929 |
| Remarks on Dating: undated |
| Persons on image: Lemmer, Cecil Joseph Cloete, Dr. |
| Medium: Image |
| Colour: BW |
| File format: Electronic image |
| Copyright holder: National Monuments Council |
| Acknowledge: NAN |
| Contributing institution: Namibia University of Science and Technology |
| Custody: NAN |
| Local keywords: Education |
| Version: 35 mm colour slide |
| Type: Electronic image |
| Source: 35 mm |
| Date digitised: January 2012 |
| WWW Link: http://www.klausdierks.com/Biographies/Biographies_L.htm |
| Collection name: National Monuments Council |
| Date added: 04-11-2012 |
| Data capturer: RM |
| Metadata entry tool: ISIS |
| Digitisation specs: JPEG for display. Archives TIFF image was scanned at 1200 dpi with Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner. 24 bit colour. 35 mm colour silde |
| File name: NAN_SLI_RNG_img_039719.jpg |