Jan Meyer
Johannes Petrus Meyer (nickname ''Jan''; 26 June 1842, in Prince Albert, Cape Colony – 2 December 1919, in Johannesburg) was a politician, member of the Volksraad of the South African Republic, mining entrepreneur, and farmer; he is the man for whom Meyerton and Meyersdal (a neighborhood of Alberton) are named.Meyer played a major role in the discovery of the main vein of gold on the Witwatersrand. As a field cornet, he inspected and surveyed land, giving him the opportunity to study the geological structure of the area and to search for subcrops. G.J. du Plessis found the main vein on Turffontein Farm on Meyer's suggestion. He also founded Meyerskamp, later named Natalkamp, and co-owned the Meyer & Charlton Mine, becoming one of the first Afrikaner mining magnates.
He was the first Volksraad member to represent Johannesburg, from 1887 to 1892. His main focus was the successful effort to grant Johannesburg municipality status. Second, he championed the building of the Delagoa Bay-Pretoria railway to supply the Rand's markets for local and imported agricultural and industrial products. He realized that Delagoa Bay, closer than Durban or Cape Town, would be a better trade destination for miners, merchants, industrialists, and farmers around Johannesburg. Third, he played a role in establishing a Second Volksraad to represent Uitlander (foreigner) interests. Provided by Wikipedia
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8by Antonio Nedjalkov, Jan Meyer, Heiko Göken, Maximilian V. Reimer, Wolfgang SchadeGet full text
Published 2019-08-01
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9by Yulieth Jimenez, Cesar Duarte, Johann Petit, Jan Meyer, Peter Schegner, Gilberto CarrilloGet full text
Published 2015-06-01
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12by Antonio Nedjalkov, Jan Meyer, Alexander Gräfenstein, Benjamin Schramm, Martin Angelmahr, Julian Schwenzel, Wolfgang SchadeGet full text
Published 2019-03-01
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15by Francesco Stellato, Dominik Oberthür, Mengning Liang, Richard Bean, Cornelius Gati, Oleksandr Yefanov, Anton Barty, Anja Burkhardt, Pontus Fischer, Lorenzo Galli, Richard A. Kirian, Jan Meyer, Saravanan Panneerselvam, Chun Hong Yoon, Fedor Chervinskii, Emily Speller, Thomas A. White, Christian Betzel, Alke Meents, Henry N. ChapmanGet full text
Published 2014-07-01
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16by Kenneth R. Beyerlein, Dennis Dierksmeyer, Valerio Mariani, Manuela Kuhn, Iosifina Sarrou, Angelica Ottaviano, Salah Awel, Juraj Knoska, Silje Fuglerud, Olof Jönsson, Stephan Stern, Max O. Wiedorn, Oleksandr Yefanov, Luigi Adriano, Richard Bean, Anja Burkhardt, Pontus Fischer, Michael Heymann, Daniel A. Horke, Katharina E. J. Jungnickel, Elena Kovaleva, Olga Lorbeer, Markus Metz, Jan Meyer, Andrew Morgan, Kanupriya Pande, Saravanan Panneerselvam, Carolin Seuring, Aleksandra Tolstikova, Julia Lieske, Steve Aplin, Manfred Roessle, Thomas A. White, Henry N. Chapman, Alke Meents, Dominik OberthuerGet full text
Published 2017-11-01
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