General Johan Isak Jacobus Fick was the founder of Ficksburg, a town in the Free State province, South Africa. After the Basotho Wars, peace was made and the town named after Johan Fick.[1] He was also known as Commandant Generaal Johan Fick.[2]
He was born on September 22, 1816, on the farm Kruisfontein, in Olifantshoek in the Grahamstown district of South Africa. He died on May 20, 1892, at the age of 75. He was buried in the town of Ficksburg. He was the son of Paul Hendrik Fick and Lenie Meyer. He was the second eldest of four sons his parents had, with the eldest Johan inheriting the family farm.[2]
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Conradie, H.N. (1927). Lewensgeskiedenis van Komdt-Genl J.I.J. Fick, veroweraar van die verowerde gebied. Courant D & U. Mpy., Voorw.