Frans de Potter was a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 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

Cantata

A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....

 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

Davidsfonds

The Davidsfonds is a Catholic organisation in Flanders, Belgium with the purpose of promoting the Flemish culture in the areas of literature, history and art....

, and became its first general secretary, and in 1886 he created the Flemish Academy in Ghent as an addition to the Royal Academy

The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium

There are two Royal Academies for Science and the Arts in Belgium, corresponding to the two main languages of the country, Dutch and French . The Academies are located in the Palace of Academies in Brussels....

 in Brussels

Brussels

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Source

• Frans de Potter
• K. ter Laan, Letterkundig woordenboek voor Noord en Zuid (1941)