Fransjohan Pretorius

Fransjohan Pretorius is a South African historian and professor emeritus of History at the University of Pretoria. His main field is the history of the Second Anglo-Boer War, to which he contributed many scholarly books and articles, both as an author and editor. His 1999 book, Life on Commando during the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, was runner-up for the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award. The Afrikaans edition won three major awards. He received the Stals Prize from the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns in 1998, and is a former editor of 'Historia', the journal of the South African Historical Association.

Education and career

Pretorius matriculated at the Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool. He studied history at the University of Pretoria and so is a Tukkie. He continued his studies at Leiden University and obtained a PhD in history at the University of [South Africa] in 1989. He was lecturer in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies from 1989 until his retirement in 2014 at the University of Pretoria.
Pretorius studied history at the University of Pretoria and so is a Tukkie. He continued his studies at Leiden University and obtained a PhD in history at the University of South Africa in 1989. He was lecturer in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies from 1989 until his retirement in 2014 at the University of Pretoria.

Awards

In 1998 Pretorius received the Stals Prize for Cultural History from the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns and in 2001 the Prestige Prize from the Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge. In 2019, he was awarded the annual Jan H. Marais Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Afrikaans as an academic language.

Personal life

Pretorius is married to Laurette Pretorius, a computer science professor emeritus at the University of South Africa.

Publications

Pretorius' publications include:

In English

1999 – 479 pages.
1999 –
2001 –
2001 –
2009 –
2014 – 712 pages.
2023 –

In Afrikaans

1991 –
1999 –
2001 –
2007 –
2012 –
2020 –