Frans De Cort
Belgian journalist, editor-in-chief and secretary to the Auditor General at the military court
About Frans De Cort
Lived 1834 – 1878 (aged 43). Frans De Cort was a Dutch poet, writer, politician, linguist, journalist and editor-in-chief.
Frans Jozef de Cort (21 June 1834, in Antwerp – 18 January 1878, in Elsene), was a Flemish writer.
Life De Cort was born and brought up in Antwerp, where he became a shipping clerk, in 1861 moving to Brussels to serve as clerk of the military court.
Together with Jan Theodoor van Rijswijck he published the journal De Grondwet from 1857 to 1858. Liederen, tweede reeks (Antwerp, 1859) De schoonste Liederen van Robert Burns (Brussels, 1862) Het gebruik der talen in België, under the pen name Frans Reynen (Brussels, 1864) Zingzang (Brussels, 1866) Liederen (Groningen, 1868)
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Who was Frans De Cort?
Belgian journalist, editor-in-chief and secretary to the Auditor General at the military court (1834-1878)
When was Frans De Cort born?
Frans De Cort was born on 21 June 1834 in Antwerp.
When did Frans De Cort die?
Frans De Cort died on 18 January 1878.
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Frans De Cort was a poet, writer, politician, linguist, journalist and editor-in-chief.
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Frans De Cort was Dutch.
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