Willem Jacobus Viljoen
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(1869-1929) Professor of modern languages and history at the University of Stellenbosch, where he founded the popular society Ons Spreekuur ("Our Discussion Hour") and the Unie-debatsvereniging ("Union Debating Society"), to promote Dutch in the face of the Afrikaans language movement. This society produced a large number of plays over the years and launched many careers. He was a member of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Taalbond.
He also wrote plays, including Koppigheid, *.
[TH, JH]
Sources
Bosman, 1928:p 6;
Binge 1969 **
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