# Jan Frans Foppens

> Jan Frans Foppens or Johannes Franciscus Foppens was a historian, literary biographer, bibliographer and poet. His principal subjects were the ecclesiastical history and religious writers of the Southern Netherlands. He is best known for his Bibliotheca belgica, sive virorum in Belgio vita scriptisque illustrium catalogus, a description of prominent religious authors of the Southern Netherlands and their works.

*Flemish historian (1689-1761)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1689-11-17
- **Died:** 1761-07-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Jan Frans Foppens or Johannes Franciscus Foppens was a historian, literary biographer, bibliographer and poet. His principal subjects were the ecclesiastical history and religious writers of the Southern Netherlands. He is best known for his Bibliotheca belgica, sive virorum in Belgio vita scriptisque illustrium catalogus, a description of prominent religious authors of the Southern Netherlands and their works.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 32.0

## Sources
- [Jan Frans Foppens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Frans_Foppens)
- [Jean-François Foppens](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Foppens)
- [Jan Frans Foppens](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Frans_Foppens)
- [چيان فرانسوا فوپينس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3165602)

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