Toon van den Heever
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Preceded byPercy Fischer
Succeeded byE. M. de Beer
BornFrancois Petrus van den Heever
29 November 1894
29 November 1894
Heidelberg, South African Republic
Died29 January 1956 (aged 61)
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa
Toon van den Heever | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the Appellate Division | |
| In office 1948–1956 | |
| Judge President of the Orange Free State Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa | |
| In office 1948–1948 | |
| Preceded by | Percy Fischer |
| Succeeded by | E. M. de Beer |
| Judge of the Orange Free State Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa | |
| In office 1938–1948 | |
| Judge of the Southwest Africa Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa | |
| In office 1933–1938 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francois Petrus van den Heever 29 November 1894 Heidelberg, South African Republic |
| Died | 29 January 1956 (aged 61) Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa |
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| Children | Leonora van den Heever |
| Alma mater | Transvaal University College |
Francois Petrus 'Toon' van den Heever (1894–1956) was a Hertzog Prize-winning South African poet, a scholar of Roman-Dutch law, and from 1948 to 1956 a judge of the Appellate Division.[1][2]
Van den Heever was born near Heidelberg and obtained his BA degree at the Transvaal University College in 1916. After university he taught Latin, Dutch and English for two years, after which he joined the Windhoek civil administration and also studied part-time for his LLB degree.[3]
