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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon GRAAFF, Johannes Jacobus Born: 1754 Died: 1805 Architect Born in Reidlingen, Germany, Graaff arrived in South Africa in 1775. He had qualified as a house carpenter by 1775, probably before his arrival, and became a master-carpenter after 1779. He worked as a craftsman at the Cape in eighteenth century. (Lewcock 1963) All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.