H.L. Gonin - Revision history

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 https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Corbeaux_(th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre)
-Undated newspaper clipping in student scrapbook dated 1951.
+Undated newspaper clipping found in a scrapbook prepared by Sophie Snyman, student in Speech and Drama at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], dated 1951.
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 == Contribution to theatre and performance in South Africa ==
-He translated the French drama ''[[Les Corbeaux]]'' into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Aasvoëls]]'', for performance by [[Volksteater]] in Pretoria. .
+He translated the French drama ''[[Les Corbeaux]]'', by Henri Becque, into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Aasvoëls]]'', for performance by [[Volksteater]] in Pretoria in 1950.
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 == Contribution to theatre and performance in South Africa ==
-He translated the French drama ''[[Les Corbeaux]]'' into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Aasvoëls]]''.
+He translated the French drama ''[[Les Corbeaux]]'' into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Aasvoëls]]'', for performance by [[Volksteater]] in Pretoria. .
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 He lectured in Latin at [[Stellenbosch University]] until 1938, then went to the [[University of Pretoria]],  where he remained  for 34 years, until his retirement in 1971, starting as professor in Classical Studies, later becoming the Head of the Department of Latin and eventually Dean of the Faculty of Arts. In this period he also studied Law at the University of Pretoria, completing his LLB ''cum laude'' in 1950.
-After his retirement, Gonin helped out in a variety of departments, among them the French Department of the [[University of Pretoria]] (as acting head), the [[Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit]], [[RAU]] and the Department of Classical languages at [[UNISA]].
+After his retirement, Gonin helped out in a variety of departments, among them the French Department of the [[University of Pretoria]] (as acting head), the [[Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit]] ([[RAU]]) and the Department of Classical languages at [[UNISA]].
+He was a founding member of the Classical Association of South Africa, one-time chief editor of ''[[Acta Classica]]'' and was the author of the first Latin Grammar in [[Afrikaans]].
 == Contribution to theatre and performance in South Africa ==

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	He lectured in Latin at [[Stellenbosch University]] until 1938, then went to the [[University of Pretoria]], where he remained for 34 years, until his retirement in 1971, starting as professor in Classical Studies, later becoming the Head of the Department of Latin and eventually Dean of the Faculty of Arts. In this period he also studied Law at the University of Pretoria, completing his LLB ''cum laude'' in 1950.		He lectured in Latin at [[Stellenbosch University]] until 1938, then went to the [[University of Pretoria]], where he remained for 34 years, until his retirement in 1971, starting as professor in Classical Studies, later becoming the Head of the Department of Latin and eventually Dean of the Faculty of Arts. In this period he also studied Law at the University of Pretoria, completing his LLB ''cum laude'' in 1950.

−	After his retirement, Gonin helped out in a variety of departments, among them the French Department of the [[University of Pretoria]] (as acting head), the [[~~The Rand Afrikaans University~~]], [[RAU]] and the Department of Classical languages at [[UNISA]].	+	After his retirement, Gonin helped out in a variety of departments, among them the French Department of the [[University of Pretoria]] (as acting head), the [[Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit]], [[RAU]] and the Department of Classical languages at [[UNISA]].

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 == Biography ==
-Born Henri Louis Gonin in Stellenbosch, where his father was a teacher at Paul Roos Gymnasium. He studied Latin at Stellenbosch University (BA 1926, SOD 1934, both ''cum laude''), then went to Balliol College, Oxford with a Rhodes Bursary, to complete an MA (1930). This was followed by a DLitt at the University of Leiden.
+Born Henri Louis Gonin in Stellenbosch, where his father was a teacher at Paul Roos Gymnasium. He studied Latin at Stellenbosch University (BA 1926, SOD 1934, both ''cum laude''), then went to Balliol College, Oxford with a Rhodes Bursary, to complete an MA (1930). This was followed by a D.Litt at the University of Leiden.
-He lectured in Latin at Stellenbosch University until 1938, then went to the University of Pretoria,  where he remained  for 34 years, until his retirement in 1971, starting as professor in Classical Studies, later becoming the Head of the Department of Latin and eventually Dean of the Faculty of Arts. In this period he also studied Law at the University of Pretoria, copleting his LLB ''cum laude'' in 1950.
+He lectured in Latin at [[Stellenbosch University]] until 1938, then went to the [[University of Pretoria]],  where he remained  for 34 years, until his retirement in 1971, starting as professor in Classical Studies, later becoming the Head of the Department of Latin and eventually Dean of the Faculty of Arts. In this period he also studied Law at the University of Pretoria, completing his LLB ''cum laude'' in 1950.
-After his retirement, Gonin helped out in a variety of departments, among them the French Department of the [[University of Pretoria]] (as acting head), the [[Rand Afrikaans University]], and the Department of Classical languages at [[UNISA]].
+After his retirement, Gonin helped out in a variety of departments, among them the French Department of the [[University of Pretoria]] (as acting head), the [[The Rand Afrikaans University]], and the Department of Classical languages at [[UNISA]].
 He was a founding member of the Classical Association of South Africa and was the author of the first Latin Grammar in [[Afrikaans]].
 == Contribution to theatre and performance in South Africa ==

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 == Biography ==
-Born Henri Louis Gonin. He became a professor in Classical Studies at the University of Pretoria, later  the Head of the Department of Latin and later Dean of the Faculty of Arts.
+Born Henri Louis Gonin in Stellenbosch, where his father was a teacher at Paul Roos Gymnasium. He studied Latin at Stellenbosch University (BA 1926, SOD 1934, both ''cum laude''), then went to Balliol College, Oxford with a Rhodes Bursary, to complete an MA (1930). This was followed by a DLitt at the University of Leiden.
 He was a founding member of the Classical Association of South Africa and was the author of the first Latin Grammar in [[Afrikaans]].
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 Obituary  by Dawie Kriel, published in ''[[Insig]]'' May 1997.
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