Peter Maltitz Anderson

Peter Maltitz Anderson
Born Heilbron, Orange Free State
Died November 5, 1954(1954-11-05) (aged 75)
Johannesburg
Nationality South African
Occupation Mining Engineer

Peter Maltitz Anderson (30 September 1879, Heilbron, Orange Free State – 5 November 1954 [1]) was a South African mining engineer.

He was president of the South African Chamber of Mines in 1925, 1930, 1933, 1937 and 1940/1.[2]

Union Corporation

He was managing director of the Union Corporation Ltd.[3]

Personal life

He received an honorary Doctorate of Science in Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1930. He was married to Evelyn Elizabeth Anderson (née Gatheral) and had five children. He named the town of Evander after her.

Anderson died in Johannesburg.

References

  1. ↑ Selections from the Smuts Papers: Volume VII, August 1945-October 1950 By Jean van der Poel p371
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  3. ↑ http://myfundi.co.za/e/Union_Corporation_Ltd_(UCL)


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