OBITUARY
SIR OTTO BEIT
(Received Bth December, noon.) LONDON, 7th December. The death is announced of Sir Otto Beit.
One of the greatest figures of South African commercial history was Sir Otto (John) Beit. Sir Otto was one of the- trustees of the Rhodes Trust, and in that position did a great deal to make the scholarships, on which ho, as chairman of the trust, had a, great influence, the success they proved. Ho waa a very wealthy man, and did a great deal for tho -cause of education, especially in research, having founded tho Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research. Sir Otto was also a member of the governing body of the Imperial College of Science and Technology. Ho was a son of the late Siegfried Beit, of Hamburg, and was born in 1860. Ho received tho K.C.M.G. in 1920, and was raised to a baronetcy four years later. Ori the commercial side of his life, nearty all jof which has been spent in South Africa, he was a director of the British South Africa Company, and of Rhodesia, Railways, Ltd. He was married, with a son and two daughters. His heir is Alfred Lave, who is 27 years of age. .
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 8 December 1930, Page 11
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