"farmer, South African statesman, anddiplomat," . . "Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels"@en . . . . "1924-03-01Z"^^ . "Wessels, Cornelius Hermanus"@en . "1851Z"^^ . "Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (Rietfontein, Winburg, Orange River Sovereignty 26 April 1851 \u2013 Bloemfontein, Orange Free State 1 March 1924) was a South African politician and statesman.Wessels stemmed from an important Orange Free State family clan, dedicated to farming and the Boer way of life. Mainly self-educated, he turned to politics in his early thirties."@en . . . . . . . "1924Z"^^ . . . "1851-04-26Z"^^ . .