Background
MARAIS, Johannes Izak was born in 1848 in Cape Town, 1848.
MARAIS, Johannes Izak was born in 1848 in Cape Town, 1848.
Studied at private schools. South African College, Cape Town (Gold Medallist, 1866). Theological College of the Dutch Reformed Church, Stellenbosch.
Universities of Edinburgh and Utrecht. Bachelor of Arts of the University of the Cape of Good Hope. Honourable Doctor of Divinity of St. Andrews.
Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, Hanover, Cape Colony, 1873-1877. Doctor of Divinity.
Member of Council of the University of the Cape of Good Hope since 1884. President of Council, Victoria College, Stellenbosch, and Lecturer in Hebrew since 1883. Professor of Natural Theology and iSpeculative Philosophy, Theological College, Stellenbosch, since 1877. Bachelor of Arts.
Spouse 1876,daughter of Oloff Fehrsen, M.D.