John Fairbairn | |
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| Born | 9 April 1794 Roxburghshire, Scotland |
| Died | 5 October 1864 (aged 70) Cape Town, Cape Colony |
| Occupation | Teacher, newspaper proprietor, politician and financier |
John Fairbairn (9 April 1794 – 5 October 1864) was a newspaper proprietor, educator, financier and politician of the Cape Colony.
According to the Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, "The embryo of the State education system we know today, trial by jury, the principle of the mutual life assurance company – all these were fruits of his endeavours at the Cape".[1]
- ^ Potgieter D.J., Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Nasionale Opvoedkundige Uitgewery Ltd, Cape Town, 1971