Surname: Hahn Forename(s): Johannes Theophilus b. 24 December 1842. d. 22 January 1905. Nationality: South African. VIAF.
Translator and linguist. Multi-lingual; learned to speak Hottentot (Nama) in his childhood.
Educated at the University of Halle, Germany. Returned to South Africa. Married Marianne
Ester de la Roche Smuts. Moved to Keetmanshoop, in modern-day Namibia, in 1871 and
explored other parts of the territory, but was forced to leave in 1878 due to tensions
with the locals. Biographical information: W. J. de Kock, editor, Dictionary of South African Biography, vol. 1, Nasionale Boekhandel Bpk, 1968, pp. 344-346; Campbell Collections, University
of KwaZulu-Natal http://campbell.ukzn.ac.za/?q=node/47161. (AC, CC)