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'''Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd''' (1901-1966) was a South African professor of psychology, newspaper editor, and politician. He is best known for his role as the "architect of apartheid" when he was Minister of Native Affairs during the 1950s and his popular yet polarizing stint as prime minister from 1958-1966.
'''Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd''' (1901-1966) was a South African professor of psychology, newspaper editor, and politician. He is best known for his role as the "architect of apartheid" when he was Minister of Native Affairs during the 1950s and his popular yet polarizing stint as prime minister from 1958-1966.
==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Verwoerd was born on September 8, 1901 in [[Amsterdam]]. Two years later, his father, Wilhelmus Johannes Verwoerd, decided to emigrate from the Netherlands to South Africa as an expression of solidarity with the Afrikaners who had been recently vanquished in the [[Anglo-Boer War]].
Verwoerd was born on September 8, 1901 in [[Amsterdam]]. Two years later, his father, Wilhelmus Johannes Verwoerd, decided to emigrate from the Netherlands to South Africa as an expression of solidarity with the Afrikaners who had been recently vanquished in the [[Anglo-Boer War]]. The Verwoerd family settled first in the [[Cape Colony]], where they resided for ten years before moving to Bulwayo, [[Rhodesia]] and then to South Africa's [[Orange Free State]] province.


==Education and academic career==
==Education and academic career==

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Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (1901-1966) was a South African professor of psychology, newspaper editor, and politician. He is best known for his role as the "architect of apartheid" when he was Minister of Native Affairs during the 1950s and his popular yet polarizing stint as prime minister from 1958-1966.

Personal life

Verwoerd was born on September 8, 1901 in Amsterdam. Two years later, his father, Wilhelmus Johannes Verwoerd, decided to emigrate from the Netherlands to South Africa as an expression of solidarity with the Afrikaners who had been recently vanquished in the Anglo-Boer War. The Verwoerd family settled first in the Cape Colony, where they resided for ten years before moving to Bulwayo, Rhodesia and then to South Africa's Orange Free State province.

Education and academic career

Verwoerd earned his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Stellenbosch in 1924.

Nationalist editor and politician

Architect of apartheid

Prime Minister, 1958-1966

Death and legacy

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