Pieter Willem Vorster (1906 to 2001) was a South African agronomist and chancellor of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education. Born in Cape Province, he took BSc, MSc and PhD degrees at Stellenbosch University and lectured at Elsenburg Agricultural College for fifteen years. In 1945 he moved to Pretoria to work for the government in the vegetable seed field and in agronomy, and became Assistant Director Research and later Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. He studied the transport of minerals such as potassium through plant roots, was first director of a horticultural institute established in 1949, helped set quality standards for winter cultivars such as wheat and barley, and helped found the museum of farm implements at the Grootfontein Agricultural Institute, later named after him. He was chancellor of Potchefstroom University in 1980 and 1981.
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Pieter Willem Vorster (16 September 1906 – 10 June 2001) was a South African agronomist and chancellor of The Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education.
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Pieter Willem Vorster (16 September 1906-10 June 2001) was a South African agronomist and chancellor of The Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education.
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Pieter Willem Vorster (16 September 1906-10 June 2001) was a South African agronomist and chancellor of The Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education.
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Pieter Willem Vorster (16 September 1906-10 June 2001) was a South African agronomist and chancellor of The Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education.
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Pieter Willem Vorster (16 September 1906-10 June 2001) was a South African agronomist and chancellor of The Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education.
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A horticultural Institute for ornamental plant species, not picked fruit, flowers (cut) and vegetables were established in 1949 and Vorster was the first director
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A horticultural Institute for ornamental plant species, not picked fruit, flowers (cut) and vegetables were established in 1949 and Vorster was the first director
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He was chancellor from 1980-1981.
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