Frans Messing, born in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in 1935. Ph.D. from Utrecht University. Teacher of Social and Economic History at the Katholieke Leergangen, Tilburg. († 2004)
Fellow (1 September 1982 – 31 August 1983)
My main aim was to research the relations between literature and the transformation of society in the Netherlands between 1880-1914.