Staff at Durban South Government Indian school in 1959
A man of rare parts and unique ability Dr. Arthur Dawson Lazarus was the eldest son of Mr. Dossen Lazarus of Dannhauser. He was born in Durban on 14 January, 1903. During his early life he was faced with numerous difficulties.
Dabee, our subject's grandfather, hailed from Arrah, in the United Provinces of India. He arrived in Natal on the 29 July 1878, as a passenger Indian.