Christo Botha
1916 - 2005
Photographer and author of photographic books
Head of the English Department, Paarl Teacher's College until 1977
Christo Botha was born on 11 December 1916 in Caledon. He studied Afrikaans, English and History at the universities of Stellenbosch (BA 1940) and Cape Town
(MA 1944). He retired as head of the English Department, Paarl Teacher's College in 1977.
He was married to Hettie Botha and they had two sons, Dawid and Willem.
Christo passed away on 21 January 2005.
Books:
 Christo Botha in April 2004 | Koos en sy kamera, 1949 Die Fotokuns, Nasionale Boekhandel, 1958 Discovery - a Stimulus towards communication, 1973 Droom van die Weskus, Human and Rousseau, 1976 Ontdek Historiese Stellenbosch (co-author: Hans Fransen), HAUM, 1979 |
First photo from the book, Discover historic Stellenbosch, found at www.missmoss.co.za First photo of the author: Anne Fischer
www.StellenboschWriters.com © Rosemarie Breuer
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