Cornelius van Rooyen
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Cornelius van Rooyen
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Cornelius Johannes van Rooyen (1860-1915), also known as 'Nellis' van Rooyen, was an early colonial settler of Zimbabwe, big game hunter, and hunting guide. He is best known today as the breeder of predecessors of the Rhodesian Ridgeback dog breed, once known as 'van Rooyen's lion dog'. He was born at Uitenhage, Cape Colony, the son of Gerhardus van Rooyen and his wife Cornelia van Rooyen. Van Rooyen worked as a hunter and herder in the area roughly bounded by Pretoria, Victoria Falls, and Umtal
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2023-10-14T14:22:42Z
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