Cornelis Pama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cornelis Pama

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1916

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 23-Oct-1994

Profession: heraldist, genealogist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Cornelis Pama (1916 - 1994) was a Dutch bookseller, publisher, heraldist and genealogist, who spent the second half of his life in South Africa. He was born in Rotterdam.
During World War II, when the Netherlands were under German occupation, he was conscripted for forced labour in Germany.
After the war, he moved to England, where he lived until emigrating to South Africa in 1955.
He spent the rest of his life there. Pama was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy by a Belgian university in 1963.