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Bernard de Winter was born in South Africa in 1924. He was a prominent South African businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of the De Winter Group, a leading South African investment and financial services company. De Winter was educated at the University of Cape Town and the University of the Witwatersrand. He began his career in the banking industry, working for the South African Reserve Bank and the National Bank of South Africa. He then founded the De Winter Group in 1965. De Winter was a major philanthropist, donating to numerous charities and causes. He was a patron of the South African National Parks Board, and was a major donor to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. He was also a major supporter of the South African Jewish Museum. De Winter was married to his wife, Elsie, for over 60 years. He had three children, two sons and a daughter. At the time of his death in 2017, De Winter was 93 years old.

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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 31 July, 1924
Birthday 31 July
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Date of death (2017-05-08) Pretoria
Died Place Pretoria
Nationality South Africa

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His wife is Mayda Doris de Winter

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1966

Bernard de Winter together with his wife Mayda, and botanist D. J. B. Killick, were responsible for the publishing of "Sixty-six Transvaal Trees" in 1966 on the occasion of South Africa's Republic Festival.

1947

His collection of some 9 500 specimens is housed in Pretoria with duplicates in several herbaria including Kew and Windhoek. They were collected between 1947 and 1975 on his own or together with Willi Giess, D. S. Hardy, O. A. Leistner, W. Marais or J. Wiss. His main collecting areas were Pretoria and northwards to Messina, Kruger National Park, Namibia, Northern Cape, Okavango, Kaokoveld, Botswana, Matopos, Caprivi Strip.

1942

He attended Pretoria University from 1942 to 1946, and was awarded an MSc in 1947. After teaching for a period, he joined the staff of the National Herbarium, and was made Officer in Charge of Botanical Survey in 1959, and Assistant Director in 1963. His main contributions to botany have been publications on Ebenaceae and Gramineae, especially the genus Eragrostis.

1924

Bernard de Winter (31 July 1924 - 8 May 2017 Pretoria) was a South African botanist who from 1973 was Director of the Botanical Research Institute, which later became the National Botanical Institute and then the South African National Biodiversity Institute.