Jan Ferguut
Illustration — Jan Van Droogenbroeck Jan Amandus Van Droogenbroeck (Sint-Amands, 17 January 1835 - Schaerbeek, 27 May 1902), pseudonym Jan Ferguut, was a Flemish poet and writer. He was a teacher and a civil servant. He was a pupil of Jan Van Beers at the Normaalschool in Lier, and a follower of Johan Michiel Dautzenberg.
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Jan Ferguut
Van Droogenbroeck, Jan (1835-1902) (depicted) · https: collectionId=81531994540001488 lang=en sortItemsBy=date_a query=any,contains,PA02964 · Public domain
- Born
- 1835. · Sint-Amands.
- Died
- 1902. · Schaerbeek.
- Nationality
- Belgium.
- Occupation
- poet, writer, teacher, civil servant and editor-in-chief.
- Fields
- young adult literature.
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Illustration — Jan Van Droogenbroeck Jan Amandus Van Droogenbroeck (Sint-Amands, 17 January 1835 - Schaerbeek, 27 May 1902), pseudonym Jan Ferguut, was a Flemish poet and writer. He was a teacher and a civil servant. He was a pupil of Jan Van Beers at the Normaalschool in Lier, and a follower of Johan Michiel Dautzenberg.
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Jan Van Droogenbroeck contributed to the magazines De Toekomst, Noord en Zuid, and Het Nederlandsch Tijdschrift. Streets were named after him in Schaerbeek and Sint-Amands.
The field of work recorded is young adult literature. Places of work recorded in the authority are Schaerbeek, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and Brussels.
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1835
Jan Ferguut was born on 17 January 1835.
1902
Jan Ferguut died on 27 May 1902.
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Sint-Amands.
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