Stephanus Jacobus du Toit, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stephanus Jacobus du Toit

Afrikaans clergyman, founder of the First Afrikaans Language Movement

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1847

Place of Birth: Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa

Date of Death: 29-May-1911

Profession: politician, translator, minister, journalist, Bible translator

Zodiac Sign: Libra

The Reverend Stephanus Jacobus du Toit (9 October 1847 – 29 May 1911) was a controversial South African nationalist, theologian, journalist and failed politician.
In his younger years Du Toit did much to promote the Afrikaans language as a symbol of Afrikaner nationalism.
Apart from the years 1882-8 when he was Superintendent of Education in the South African Republic, he lived in or near the town of Paarl in the Cape Colony.
Disillusionment with the Kruger regime led him, in later years, to moderate his views.
He was instrumental in initiating the translation of the Bible into Afrikaans and was a proponent of the Afrikaans language.
He died an outcast.