Frans de Potter

Frans de Potter

Frans de Potter (4 January 1834, Ghent – 15 August 1904) was a Belgian writer.

He was Chief Clerk of the "Fondsenblad" of Ghent, and from 1886 onwards secretary of the "Flemish Academy". He wrote an extensive oeuvre, such as "Geschiedenis der Nederlandse Letterkunde", (1854), "Volksliederen", (1861, a cantata "Jacob van Artevelde", (1863), "Geschiedwerk over Gent en Kortrijk", "Geschiedenis van Jacoba van Beieren", (1880).

Of particular importance is his "Vlaamsche bibliographie" of 1893, and his "Geschiedenis van de gemeenten van Oost-Vlaanderen", (46 volumes). He was awarded for his "Gemeentefeesten in Vlaanderen" in 1870. He also wrote an historical novel "Robert van Valois te Gent" (1862).

Frans de Potter was the main founder of the Roman Catholic Davidsfonds, and became its first general secretary, and in 1886 he created the "Flemish Academy" in Ghent as an addition to the Royal Academy in Brussels.

Bibliography

* Spelling der aardrijkskundige namen. In: Het Belfort: volume 1 (1886)
* Een hoekje der stad Gent. In: Het Belfort: volume 1 (1886)

ee also

* Flemish literature

ource

* [http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=pott003 Frans de Potter]
* K. ter Laan, "Letterkundig woordenboek voor Noord en Zuid" (1941)


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