Background
Van, Laurens was born on December 13, 1906 in Philippolis, S. Africa. Son of late C. W. H. Van der Post and Marie Lubbe.
Van, Laurens was born on December 13, 1906 in Philippolis, S. Africa. Son of late C. W. H. Van der Post and Marie Lubbe.
Writer and explorer; Assistant to British Minister, Batavia 1945-1947. Leader of several expeditions in Africa for British Government, and on his own accountant Trustee, World Wilderness Foundation since 1974.
Produced films The Lost World of the Kalahari 1956, A Region of Shadow 1971, The Story of C. G. Jung 1971, All Africa Within Us 1975, Zulu Wilderness: Black Umfolozi Rediscovered 1979.
Honorary degrees from University of Natal, Surrey, Liverpool. Rhodes, Saint Andrews, Dundee.
Married 1st Marjorie Wendt in 1929 (divorced in 1947), one son (deceased) one daughter. Married 2nd Ingaret Giffard in 1949.