Cor van Gogh

Cornelis van Gogh (17 May 1867 – 14 April 1900) was a Dutch immigrant and draughtsman who fought and died in South Africa with the Boer foreign volunteers during the Anglo Boer War. He was the youngest brother of the artist Vincent van Gogh.

Youth Cornelis van Gogh was born on 17 May 1867, to his middle-class parents, Theodorus and Anna, who was 47 years old when he was born. He was the third boy and youngest brother of Vincent van Gogh and siblings Theo, Anna, Elisabeth "Lies", and Wil.

His more famous brother Vincent was 14 when Cor was born. Over the years, Van Gogh and his sister Wil lived in Zundert, Helvoirt, Etten and Nuenen. Unlike his eldest brother, Van Gogh followed a technical career path. In April 1885, just before he turned 18, Van Gogh began an apprenticeship at a factory in Helmond. In 1887, he moved to Lincoln, England, where he honed his technical skills. In 1889, at the age of twenty-two, he emigrated to the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. By the time he arrived, the small gold diggers had been excluded by large mining magnates who united in 1889 to form the Chamber of Mines.