123:(22 October 1901 – 8 November 1980) was a South African writer and zoologist, and the first woman to earn a doctorate in science in South Africa. She wrote about 70 books including many that were written for children and based on her knowledge of zoology.
176:, mostly about animals, boiling down her undergraduate zoology lectures for even younger audiences. She eventually published about seventy books, forty-seven of them for children. She was also the children's science editor for the Nasionale Pers.
159:, and earned degrees in zoology and botany before becoming the first South African woman to complete the requirements for a D.Sc. (Doctorate in Science), and the first woman to earn any doctorate at the University of Stellenbosch, in 1930.
171:
in 1932, but her chronic poor health and her parents' health required her to return to
Stellenbosch and tending to their needs, and her own. During her time at home, she began writing children's books in
330:
33:
148:
340:
335:
281:
239:
147:, and settled in South Africa after being stationed there during military service, in the 1810s. Her father was a clergyman in the
213:
325:
139:
as the daughter of the Rev. Christoffel
Hermanus Engelbertus Latsky and Johanna Maria Sterrenberg Latsky. Her grandfather,
229:
292:
156:
96:
168:
155:. As a girl she requested to take Greek at a nearby boys' school, but her request was denied. She attended the
132:
55:
269:
32:
320:
315:
277:
235:
151:, the founding pastor of the United Reformed Church in Stellenbosch (1905). She was raised in
309:
189:
188:
with her widowed mother and older brother. After they both died, she moved again, to
75:
152:
256:
136:
59:
140:
193:
185:
173:
144:
86:
184:
Latsky lived in
Stellenbosch till her father's death in 1950. She moved to
192:, where her younger brother Peter Sterrenberg Latsky, a clergyman in
217:
Werkwinkel: Journal of Low
Countries and South African Studies
110:
102:
92:
82:
65:
42:
23:
167:Latsky began an academic career in zoology at
8:
251:
249:
247:
214:"Poles in the Dutch Cape Colony 1652-1814"
196:, lived. She died there in 1980, aged 79.
31:
20:
274:New Dictionary of South African Biography
234:(Westminster John Knox Press 2005): 73.
205:
231:The Teaching Ministry of Congregations
331:20th-century South African zoologists
299:24(December 1980): 18. (in Afrikaans)
7:
16:South African writer and zoologist
14:
131:Louise "Lulu" Latsky was born in
341:South African women scientists
336:Stellenbosch University alumni
1:
149:Dutch Reformed Mission Church
276:(HSRC Press 1995): 129-130.
259:, at StellenboschWriters.com
357:
219:10(1)(June 2015): 78, 89.
157:University of Stellenbosch
97:University of Stellenbosch
30:
272:, in E. J. Verwey, ed.,
169:Potchefstroom University
127:Early life and education
228:Richard Robert Osmer,
326:South African writers
255:Jo-Marie Claassen,
212:Mariusz Kowalski,
118:
117:
348:
300:
290:
284:
266:
260:
253:
242:
226:
220:
210:
72:
52:
50:
35:
21:
356:
355:
351:
350:
349:
347:
346:
345:
306:
305:
304:
303:
291:
287:
267:
263:
254:
245:
227:
223:
211:
207:
202:
182:
165:
129:
74:
70:
69:8 November 1980
54:
53:22 October 1901
48:
46:
38:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
354:
352:
344:
343:
338:
333:
328:
323:
318:
308:
307:
302:
301:
285:
268:E. Steenberg,
261:
243:
221:
204:
203:
201:
198:
181:
178:
164:
161:
143:, was born in
128:
125:
116:
115:
112:
108:
107:
104:
100:
99:
94:
90:
89:
84:
80:
79:
78:, South Africa
73:(aged 79)
67:
63:
62:
44:
40:
39:
36:
28:
27:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
353:
342:
339:
337:
334:
332:
329:
327:
324:
322:
319:
317:
314:
313:
311:
298:
294:
293:Obituary note
289:
286:
283:
282:9781868281343
279:
275:
271:
270:"Lulu Latsky"
265:
262:
258:
257:"Lulu Latsky"
252:
250:
248:
244:
241:
240:9780664225476
237:
233:
232:
225:
222:
218:
215:
209:
206:
199:
197:
195:
191:
190:Tamboerskloof
187:
180:Personal life
179:
177:
175:
170:
162:
160:
158:
154:
150:
146:
142:
138:
134:
126:
124:
122:
113:
109:
105:
101:
98:
95:
91:
88:
85:
81:
77:
76:Tamboerskloof
68:
64:
61:
57:
45:
41:
34:
29:
22:
19:
296:
288:
273:
264:
230:
224:
216:
208:
183:
166:
153:Stellenbosch
130:
120:
119:
71:(1980-11-08)
18:
321:1980 deaths
316:1901 births
137:Cape Colony
121:Lulu Latsky
60:Cape Colony
37:Lulu Latsky
25:Lulu Latsky
310:Categories
200:References
141:Jan Latsky
106:Children's
49:1901-10-22
297:Matieland
194:Cape Town
186:Sea Point
174:Afrikaans
145:Lithuania
133:Carnarvon
93:Education
87:Afrikaans
56:Carnarvon
111:Subjects
83:Language
114:Zoology
280:
238:
163:Career
103:Genre
278:ISBN
236:ISBN
66:Died
43:Born
312::
295:,
246:^
135:,
58:,
51:)
47:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
