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Adriaan Francken (1860-1949) is an Afrikaans academic and playwright. Also known as A. Francken.
Born in Wydewormer, the Netherlands, he arrived in Bloemfontein on 21 April 1891 to become a professor in Dutch and French and later librarian at Grey University College.
He was a founding member of the Onze Taal movement,
As playwright he is best known for Susanna Reyniers (1917)
Sources
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