Hans Merensky
German South African geologist, prospector, scientist, conservationist and philanthropist
Hans Merensky (16 March 1871 – 21 October 1952) was a South African geologist, conservationist, scientist and philanthropist.
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edit- This country has given me so much that I am only too happy to be allowed to help it to develop and to be able to give back to it a fraction of what it has given to me.
- Hans Merensky, 15 April 1938 at the opening of the Merensky Library, University of Pretoria [1]