Jan Ferguut
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, 17 January 1835 - Schaarbeek
Schaarbeek
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, 27 May 1902), pseudonym
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Jan Ferguut, was a Flemish
Flanders
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poet and writer. He was a teacher and a civil servant.
He was a pupil of Jan Van Beers
Jan van Beers
Jan van Beers was Flemish poet born in Antwerp. He is usually referred to as "van Beers the elder" to distinguish him from his son, Jan van Beers, the painter....
at the Normaalschool in Lier
Lier, Belgium
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, and a follower of Johan Michiel Dautzenberg
Johan Michiel Dautzenberg
Johan Michiel Dautzenberg was a Belgian writer. Professionally he was successively secretary, clerk, teacher, private teacher, and bookkeeper....
. Jan Van Droogenbroeck contributed to the magazines De Toekomst, Noord en Zuid, and Het Nederlandsch Tijdschrift.
Sources
- Joannes Amandus van Droogenbroeck (Dutch)
- Jan Van Droogenbroeck (Dutch)
- Daems, S., 'J.A. van Droogenbroeck (Jan Ferguut)', Winkler-Prinzlexicon (1887).
- Muyldermans, J., 'Levensschets van Jan van Droogenbroeck', Jaarboek der Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie 22 (1908).
- van den Bossche, M., 'Bibliografie van en over J.A. van Droogenbroeck, alias Jan Ferguut', Heemkundig Jaarboek Klein-Brabant (1971) 43-64.
- Wittebols, J., 'Over dichter Jan van Droogenbroeck en mijn oude bloemlezingen', Tijdingen Beatrijsgezelschap 14 (1978-1979) nr. 4, p. 20-29.