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Hendrik Adolph Mulder (Willem Hessels), SA poet and leading Afrikaans literary critic, dies in Grahamstown.
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 637
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, May 3). Hendrik Adolph Mulder (Willem Hessels), SA poet and leading Afrikaans literary critic, dies in Grahamstown.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082548
South African History Online (2012) 'Hendrik Adolph Mulder (Willem Hessels), SA poet and leading Afrikaans literary critic, dies in Grahamstown.', South African History Online, 3 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082548 (Accessed: 13 October 2026).
South African History Online, Hendrik Adolph Mulder (Willem Hessels), SA poet and leading Afrikaans literary critic, dies in Grahamstown. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082548, (accessed 13 October 2026).
"Hendrik Adolph Mulder (Willem Hessels), SA poet and leading Afrikaans literary critic, dies in Grahamstown.." South African History Online, 3 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082548. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Hendrik Adolph Mulder (Willem Hessels), SA poet and leading Afrikaans literary critic, dies in Grahamstown.." South African History Online. May 3, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082548.
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