Albert van der Sandt Centlivres [SEP] date of death
Albert van der Sandt Centlivres
Albert van der Sandt Centlivres (13 January 1887 – 19 September 1966) was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1950 to 1957.
Born in Cape Town, Centlivres studied Classics at the South African College (now the University of Cape Town) and Law at New College, Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1910 and took silk in 1927. In 1935 he was appointed a judge of the Cape Provincial Division,
Van der Sandt
Van der Sandt is a Dutch and Afrikaans surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert van der Sandt Centlivres (1887–1966), South African jurist
- Johann van der Sandt, South African academic
- Maximilian van der Sandt (1578–1656), Dutch Jesuit theologian