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Bilderdijk, detail of an oil painting by C.H. Hodges; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Willem Bilderdijk

Dutch poet
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Born:
Sept. 7, 1756, Amsterdam, Neth.
Died:
Dec. 18, 1831, Haarlem (aged 75)

Willem Bilderdijk (born Sept. 7, 1756, Amsterdam, Neth.—died Dec. 18, 1831, Haarlem) was a Dutch poet who had considerable influence not only on the poetry but also on the intellectual and social life of the Netherlands. Born of a strongly Calvinist and monarchist family, Bilderdijk had a crippled foot and spent a precocious childhood among books. After studying law at Leiden, he practiced as an advocate at The Hague until 1795, when, as an Orangist, he was forced into exile for his refusal to take the oath of allegiance to the republic established by the French. He went to Germany ...(100 of 284 words)

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