Oorlogsdagboek van Jan F. E. Celliers 1899-1902: Met inleiding, teksversorging en geskiedkundige aantekeninge (Bronnepublikasie - Instituut vir Geskiedenisnavorsing) (Afrikaans Edition) by Celliers, Jan François Elias
Oorlogsdagboek van Jan F. E. Celliers 1899-1902:
Met inleiding, teksversorging en geskiedkundige aantekeninge (Bronnepublikasie - Instituut vir Geskiedenisnavorsing) (Afrikaans Edition) by Celliers, Jan F E
Bronnepublikasie Nr. 7.
Softcover, ISBN is 9780869654729 / 0869654721
Condition: As new.
Publisher: HSRC Press, 1978
This Edition is an updated Second Edition 2001 published by the Genealogiese Instituut van Suid Afrika.
" 'n Driekwarteeu na die gebeurtenis herleef opnuut die lyding en ondergang van 'n volk, aangeteken in 'n dagverhaal, opgediep uit briewe en sakboekies wat Jan F.E. Celliers te velde geskryf en wat tussen familierelieke vir die nageslag bewaar gebly het. Uit sy oorlogsdagboek leer 'n mens Celliers in sy middel-dertigerjare ken. Hy is iemand met 'n smaak vir die geskrewe word, geobsessioneerd om self te skryf en met 'n diepe belangstelling in die mens. Hy is egter hardhorend, slegsiende en gevolglik van sy medemens half afgesonderd. Hy leef na binne gekeer met sy sakboekie as vriend aan wie hy sy stemminge, lewensbeskouing en ervaringe toevertrou.".
Jan Francois Elias was born on 12 Januarie 1865 on the farm Wagenmakersvallei near Wellington. A few years later his family moved to Cape Town where he attended an English school.
In 1874 the family moved to Pretoria, where his father had founded De Volksstem a year earlier. Here he first attended an English school and then Meneer Dely se skool op Kerkplein. It was closed down in 1877 when England annexed Pretoria. After one year's work at his father's newspaper he went on to school in Stellenbosch and Wellington.
He first worked as a surveyor for one year. He then joined the Department of Education and after three years obtained the post as State Librarian in 1894.
The second Boer war broke out, Jan Celliers fought near Colesberg to the bitter end and also kept his now famous War Diary. After the war he managed to slip through the enemy lines dressed in clothes of his wife. He moved with his family to Europe where he studied Literature.
Back in South Africa in 1907 he was employed at the Department of Home affairs. For ten years he did mainly translations of utterly boring texts.
Fortunately the University of Stellenbosch offered him the post of extraordinary professor in 1919. He stayed here until his retirement in 1929 when he moved to Cape Town. Jan Celliers died on 1 June 1940 in Johannesburg.
