Fischer, Abraham, 1850-1913
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Fischer, Mr. (Abraham), 1850-
Fischer, Mr. (Abraham), b. 1850
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Fischer, Mr. (Abraham), 1850-
Fischer, Mr. (Abraham), b. 1850
Sources
found: Leyds, W.J. Boer statesmen on the chances and conditions of a settlement [MI] 1901:title page (Mr. Fischer)
found: Jacobs, David Stephanus. Abraham Fischer in sy tydperk (1850-1913), 1965.
found: NUC pre-56(hdg.: Fischer, Abraham, 1850- )
found: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography WWW site, viewed February 15, 2022(Fischer, Abraham (1850-1913); politician and lawyer in the Orange Free State; born in Green Point, Cape Town, on April 9, 1850; he studied law at the South African College; in 1872 he started his own practice as an attorney and notary in Kimberley; in 1875 he moved to Bloemfontein, practising as an attorney and advocate in the supreme court, but from 1905 onwards only as an advocate; on January 9, 1879 he was elected unopposed as member of the OFS Parliament for Philippolis, which he represented until 1882; he subsequently represented Fauresmith (1886-90), Ladybrand (1890-95), and Smithfield (1895-6); from May 29, 1896 to March 10, 1900 he served in President M.T. Steyn's cabinet; he chaired the Bloemfontein conference (May 31-June 5, 1899) which failed to avert the Boer War, subsequently writing the final version of the Boer ultimatum; in March 1900 he was appointed chairman of a deputation that was sent overseas to obtain aid from and intervention by one or more of the great powers; he was only allowed to return to the Orange River Colony by the British in 1903; he became the co-founder and first chairman of the Orangia-Unie (1906) and became Prime Minister of the colony in November 1907; in the first Union cabinet he served as Minister of Lands and Irrigation; from June 1912 he also served as Minister of the Interior; he was sworn into the Privy Council in 1913; he died at the Mount Royal Nursing Home, Cape Town, on November 16, 1913)
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1991-12-04: new
2022-02-17: revised
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