Dreyer Tree » prof Thomas Frederik Dreyer b4c2d1e2f7g3 (1885-1954)

Personal data prof Thomas Frederik Dreyer b4c2d1e2f7g3 


Household of prof Thomas Frederik Dreyer b4c2d1e2f7g3

He is married to Cornelia Johanna Greef.

They got married on September 20, 1911 at Middelburg, Cape Province, South Africa, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Erica Dreyer  1914-
  4. Cornelis Jan Dreyer  1921-2008


Notes about prof Thomas Frederik Dreyer b4c2d1e2f7g3

Melt van der Spuy DREYER b3c2d1e2f7 trou met Maria Elizabeth DE VILLIERS en hulle is die ouers van die bekende Suid-Afrikaanse dierkundige, paleontoloog, antropoloog en argeoloog Thomas Frederik Dreyer b3c2d1e2f7g3, gebore in die Koeberg op 7 Mei 1885 en oorlede in Bloemfontein op 13 Julie 1954. Hy gaan aan SACS in Kaapstad skool, waarna hy sy studie aan die Normaalkollege in Kaapstad voortsit.Hy behaal sy BA-graad met onderskeiding in dierkunde aan die South African College, waarna hy met ‘n Koningin Victoria-studiebeurs aan die Universiteit van Halle in Duitsland gaan studeer en die grade MA en PhD (summa cum laude) behaal. Hierna is hy vir verder studie na Napels en die Cornell-universiteit in Ithaca New York. In 1912 word hy as lector in dierkunde en geologie aangestel aan die Grey-universiteitskollege (nou die Universiteit van die Oranje-Vrystaat) en word in 1917 bevorder tot hoogleraar, ‘n posisie wat hy vir 33 jaar beklee tot sy aftrede in 1950. Hy het ook verskeie kere as voorsitter van die beheerraad van die Nasionale Museum in Bloemfontein opgetree. Hy het internasionale bekendheid verwerf vir sy paleontologiese, argeologiese en antropologiese werk in die omgewings van Matjesrivier, Florisbad en langs die Oranjerivier. In 1932 lewer sy opgrawings die opspraakwekkende 40 000 jaar oue prehistoriese mensfossiel, die Florisbadskedel op, wat in 1984 op uitnodiging van die American Museum of Natural History saam met ander wereldbekende fossiele in New York uitgestal is. Sy versamelings is vandag een van die belangrikste in die Nasionale Museum in Bloemfontein, en word oa in die Dreyer-gedenksaal uitgestal. Hy ontvang in 1954 ‘n eredotorsgraad in die Natuurwetenskappe van die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand vir sy aandeel in die ontrafeling van die prehistoriese geskiedenis van die mens en dier. Hy was getroud met Cornelia Johanna GREEFF en hulle het ‘n seun en drie dogters gehad.

g3 Thomas Frederi(c)k (geb 7 Mei 1885 Koeberg ged Durbanville, oorl 13 Julie 1954 Bloemfontein) sooloog, palaeontoloog, antropoloog, and argeoloog. Sien Aanhangsel 8. Ontdekker van die Florisbad skedel. Die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, ken in 1954 ‘n D.Sc. (honoris causa) toe aan hom in erkenning vir sy bydrae tot die ontrafeling van die voorgeskiedenis van die mens en die dier.Trou Cornelia Johanna GREEFF - seun en drie dogters

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    Historical events

    Birthday May 7, 1885

    • The temperature on May 7, 1885 was about 10.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
      • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
      • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
      • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
      • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
      • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

    Day of marriage September 20, 1911

    • The temperature on September 20, 1911 was between 11.5 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
      • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
      • June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
      • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
      • December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
      • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

    Day of death July 13, 1954

    • The temperature on July 13, 1954 was between 9.2 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
      • February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
      • March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
      • June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
      • July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
      • September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
      • September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
    

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    • 1946 » Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (b. 1864)
    • 1949 » Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic (b. 1877)
    • 1951 » Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer and painter (b. 1874)
    • 1954 » Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (b. 1907)
    • 1960 » Joy Davidman, American-English poet and author (b. 1915)

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