Synopsis
Author, educator and first female principal of Huguenot University College
First name
Anna
Middle name
Johanna Dorthea
Last name
De Villiers
Date of birth
24-December-1900
Location of birth
Stellenbosch,Cape Town
Date of death
01-November-1975
Location of death
Stellenbosch,Cape Town
Gender
Female
De Villiers was an educator and author. She was an editor of the Dictionary of the Afrikaans language, the first and only female principal of the Huguenot University College in Wellington and a lecturer at the Pretoria Technical College and the University of Pretoria. De Villiers visited various countries as a South African delegate and did postdoctoral studies overseas. She always felt that the intellectual and moral levels of a country was largely determined by its women. She died in 1979.