(born Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger) 1825-1904; South African statesman: president of the South African Republic (1883-1900)
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On the outbreak of the South African War in 1899 Grant was at first disposed to be hostile to the policy of Lord Salisbury and Mr Chamberlain; but his eyes were soon opened to the real nature of President Kruger's government, and he enthusiastically welcomed and supported the national feeling which sent men from the outlying portions of the Empire to assist in upholding British supremacy in South Africa.
See also Kruger, article "Basilides," in Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopeidie, ed.
Kruger in Hauck-Herzog's Real-encyk.
(1837); Kruger, "Uber das Verhaltnis des Orig.
Kruger, Die Apologien Justins des Mdrtyrers (3rd ed.