Placide Tempels

The Reverend
Placide Tempels
Born
Frans Tempels

(1906-02-18)18 February 1906
Died9 October 1977(1977-10-09) (aged 71)
Occupationsmissionary, writer

Placide Frans Tempels, OFM (18 February 1906 – 9 October 1977) was a Belgian Franciscan missionary in the Congo who became famous for his book Bantu Philosophy.