Wessel marais biography of donald
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Wessel Marais (1935 – 2009)was born in Magaliesburg, but he grew up in Welverdient, near Potchefstroom. His father was part local dignitary, confidant & mainstay of small town activity. He was also a minor poet who had a profound influence on his son, and believed that a man’s inner presence must express itself in some creative form.
Wessel Marais’ childhood was spent in various small towns. He recalls living on large plots covered in cosmos flowers & criss-crossed by railway lines. Wessel was introduced to drawing by an older friend called Simon, using the medium of sticks & sand. Wessel’s favourite subject matter was trains, which he drew travelling at great speed – upside down!
On leaving school, Wessel’s main ambition was to be a pilot. However he became a postmaster, just like his father. He quickly became bored with the humdrum 9 – 5 jobs & took classes in commercial art in the evenings.
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Wessel Marais B.Sc., M.Sc. (1929–2013) was a South African botanist and plant collector.[1][2][3]
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Wessel was born in Colesberg, Northern Cape Province, on 28 December 1929,[4][5] the youngest of the ten children of Barend Pieter Marais, the last blacksmith and wagon builder of Colesberg, who was of French Huguenot descent.[6] He studied at Pretoria University (1947–1951) where he obtained an M.Sc. in Botany for the thesis 'A Morphological study of an indigenous species of rice, Oryza barthii A. Chev.'.[7] He then (1952) joined the National Herbarium (PRE) where he undertook fieldwork during an internship in Kruger National Park and in Namibia. From 1953 to 1955 he was director of the Albany Museum Herbarium (GRA) in Grahamstown, where he studied South African Cruciferae for the Flora of Southern Africa.[8] He carried out collecting trips to the Southwestern Cape Province, Nat
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Wessel Marais
South African botanist (1929–2013)
Wessel Marais B.Sc., M.Sc. (1929–2013) was a South African botanist and plant collector.[1][2][3]
Wessel was born in Colesberg, Northern Cape Province, on 28 månad 1929,[4][5] the youngest of the ten children of Barend Pieter Marais, the last blacksmith and wagon builder of Colesberg, who was of French Huguenot descent.[6] He studied at Pretoria University (1947–1951) where he obtained an M.Sc. in Botany for the thesis 'A Morphological study of an indigenous species of rice, Oryza barthii A. Chev.'.[7] He then (1952) joined the National Herbarium (PRE) where he undertook fieldwork during an internship in Kruger National Park and in Namibia. From 1953 to 1955 he was director of the Albany Museum Herbarium (GRA) in Grahamstown, where he studied South African Cruciferae for the Flora of Southern Africa.[8] He carried out collecting trips to the So