h.9. Gert Cornelis NEL, geb. 06/04/1885, ged. 05/07/1885

h.9. Gert Cornelis (Professor Dr.), geb. 06/04/1885, ged. 05/07/1885, Greytown, oorl. 16/02/1950, Kaapstad, begr. Onderpapegaai, Stellenbosch x 09/04/1917, Middelburg met Frederick Smit ASHPOLE, geb. 16/05/1891, ged. 16/08/1891, Middelburg, oorl. 16/07/1950, Kraaifontein, begr. Onderpapegaai, Stellenbosch, d.v. Robert Edward Ashpole en Anna Susanna Fredrika Smit.

Gert Cornelis was die seun van Louis Louwrens Nel en Judith Margaretha Moolman.

Name Frederick Smit Ashpole
Event Type Membership
Event Date 30 Apr 1910
Event Place Middleburg, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Middleburg, K K, South Africa
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Name Gert Cornelius Nel
Sex Male
Age 32 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1885
Spouse's Name Frederik Smit Ashpole
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 25 years
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1892
Event Type Marriage
Event Date
9 April 1917
Event Place
Middelburg, Middelburg, Cape Province, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Middelburg, Middelburg, Cape Province, South Africa
Certificate Number 398
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Name Frederik Smit Ashpole
Birth Date 16 May 1891
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 16 Aug 1891
Event Place Middelburg, Cape Colony, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Middelburg, Cape Province, South Africa
Robert Edward Ashpole
Anna Susanna Fredrika Smit
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Gert Cornelius Nel (6 April 1885 – 16 February 1950) was a South African botanist.  Nel was born in 1885 in Greytown, Natal Province on a farm. He earned a BA at the University of Stellenbosch then earned a doctorate in botany at the University of Berlin under both Adolf Engler and Gottlieb Haberlandt. Nel emphasized African plant species in his studies, especially in the families Amaryllidaceae and Hypoxidaceae. He provided numerous first descriptions of species of the genera Forbesia, Ianthe, Hypoxis, and Rhodohypoxis.  In 1921, Nel became a Professor of Botany at the University of Stellenbosch, a position he would hold until his death.  Nel published the first book on the plant genus Lithops in the Aizoaceae family in 1946, entitled Lithops. Lithops are native to southern Africa and known for their stone-like appearance.  Nel died in Stellenbosch in 1950. The genus Nelia, a flowering plant of the Aizoaceae family, is named in his honor. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Cornelius_Nel)

 (https://www.cactuspro.com/biblio_fichiers/pdf/Nel/Nel_Gibbaeum.pdf)

(https://www.cactuspro.com/biblio_fichiers/pdf/Nel/Nel_Gibbaeum.pdf)

 

Gert Cornelis Nel 

Woon:  Commercial Hotel Stellenbosch ten tye van dood.

Name Frederick Smit Ashpole Nel
Sex Female
Age 67
Birth Year (Estimated) 1892
Birthplace Vrystaat
Event Type Death
Event Date 21 Jul 1959
Event Place Kraaifontein, Kuils River, Cape Province, South Africa
Event Place (Original) Kraaifontein
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