Saturday, 18 June 1949
Prof. J.J. Smith (65), compiler of the first standard dictionary of the Afrikaans language, dies in Cape Town.
References:
• Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
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