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Francis William Reitz Sr. MLC MLA (31 December 1810 - 26 June 1881) was an influential member of both houses of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. ==Early life and farming== Generally known simply as "Frank Reitz", he was born at his family's home on the Heerengracht in Cape Town. He was baptised "Francis William" only after his parents' chosen name for him (François Guillaume) was rejected by the English Chaplain for sounding too French. He was schooled locally at the ''Riebeek Instituut'', before studying agriculture in Scotland and travelling widely in Europe. He travelled and studied from Scotland to Italy and Germany, over several years, attaining a vast wealth of knowledge and experience - especially in the sciences. Returning to the Cape, he started farming in 1835 at the farm Rhenosterfontein near Swellendam. He was generally more theoretical than practical in his interests, but he was enormously influential in his writing of academic papers on farming as well as starting book clubs and agricultural societies. He also edited journals and gave lectures on agricultural topics, and remained the centre of organised Cape agriculture for most of the remainder of his life. When Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan) founded ''Het Zuid-Afrikaansche Tijdschrift'' in 1878, Reitz was unsurprisingly invited to serve as co-editor. Reitz was a close, like-long friend of Dr Henry White, the community's resident doctor who resided at the "Klein Huis" (the current farm dwelling) on Reitz's Rhenosterfontein estate and also served as a Member of Parliament. Dr White and Frank Reitz were described as a well-known, characterful duo, ''"lovably Dickensian in their ways and appearance"'', prone to "parish-pump preoccupation", and with a kindly, inclusive approach to all in the community. 〔E.H. Burrows: ''Overberg Outspan''. Maskew Miller. 1952. pp. 164-5.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis William Reitz, Sr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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