South african writer
Mother is Lammy, of German descent. There were 15 children in the family, Lawrence was the thirteenth in the family. Christian was a lawyer and a politician.
Van der Post was born on December 13, 1906 in the small town of Philippolis. His father, Christian Hendrik Willem Van der Post (1856-1914), of Dutch descent, arrived in South Africa at the age of three, and later married Lawrence's mother in 1889.