D.C. Hauptfleisch 14 March 1926 – 14 June 2008
Résumé
On 1 June 1958, D.C. Hauptfleisch joined the editorial staff of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT) as compiler (later co-editor) under Dr P.C. Schoonees, the second editor-in-chief. On 1 October 1966, he was promoted to assistant editor-in-chief. After the retirement of the third editor-in-chief, Dr F.J. Snijman at the end of 1980, he was appointed fourth editor-in-chief of the WAT as from 1 May 1981. He held this position until his retirement on 31 July 1991 when Lexikos was presented to him as festschrift. On 14 June this year, he died at the age of 82 years.Copyright of all material published in Lexikos will be vested in the Board of Directors of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal. Authors are free, however, to use their material elsewhere provided that Lexikos (AFRILEX Series) is acknowledged as the original publication source.
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