This Day in History: December 4, 1917
Additional Date: December 4, 1917
Dr Hendrik Josephus Terblanche, compiler of several dictionaries and grammar books, is born in Aberdeen in the Eastern Cape.
Dr Terblanche was a pioneer of Afrikaans technical language. He died on 23 March 1977 and shortly afterwards his autobiography, Jare van Storm en Drang , was published a few months later.