Petrus Johann du Toit

Petrus Johann du Toit
Born(1888-03-16)16 March 1888
Somerset West[1]
Died13 November 1967(1967-11-13) (aged 79)
Pretoria[citation needed]
Alma materStellenbosch University
Known forGenootskap van Regte Afrikaners
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society (1951)[1]

Petrus Johann du Toit (16 March 1888 – 13 November 1967) was a South African veterinary scientist and the successor of Arnold Theiler as Director of Veterinary Services at Onderstepoort between 1927 and 1948. He was the son of Daniel Francois du Toit (1846–1923), one of the founders of the Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners, and owner of the first Afrikaans newspaper, Die Patriot. His mother was Margaretha Magdalene van Nierop.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Kingwill, D. G.; Schonland, B. J. F. (1969). "Petrus Johann du Toit 1888-1967". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 15: 247–266. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1969.0013. S2CID 73248868.