Person

Martinus Steyn

South African lawyer, politician, and statesman

b. 1857 CE – d. 1916 CE World The African South

Martinus (or Marthinus) Theunis Steyn (October 2, 1857 – November 28, 1916) is a South African lawyer, politician, and statesman.

He is the sixth and last president of the independent republic the Orange Free State from 1896 to 1902.