Jan Hendrik Leopold (May 11, 1865 – June 21, 1925) was a Dutch

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and

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. Leopold was born at

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. After living in

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he moved to

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early in 1892, where he became a teacher of classical languages at the Gymnasium Erasmianum. He translated portions of ''The

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'' into

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. In a more modern vein, his

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undoubtedly contributed to the

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tone of much of his

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work of the literary

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. Having thus described his life as "one long plaint", he died in Rotterdam. His on-campus

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includes his portrait and one of his poems.

Works

* ''Studia Peerlkampiana'' (1892) * ''Ad Spinozae opera posthuma'' (1902) * ''Stoïsche wijsheid'' (1904) * ''M. Antonius Imperator'' (1908) * ''Uit den tuin van Epicurus'' (1910) * ''Verzen'' (1912) * ''Cheops'' (1916) * ''Oostersch'' (1924) * ''Verzen II'' (1926)

Gallery

File:Cheops_-_KW_165_D_14_-_006.jpg, ''Cheops'' File:JHLeopold.jpg, 1913 photograph by Henri Berssenbrugge File:JHLeopold2.jpg, Pontresina, Switzerland, 1920 File:Rotterdam_kunstwerk_Leopold.jpg, Cenotaph, by

Charlotte van Pallandt Charlotte van Pallandt (24 September 1898 – 30 July 1997) was a Dutch painter and sculptor. Biography She was born in Arnhem to a wealthy family of Dutch nobility, and grew up in Schaarsbergen with her three sisters and brother.

References

External links

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Koninklijke Bibliotheek - J.H. Leopold

Digitale Bibliotheek Nederlandse Letteren - J.H. Leopold
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leopold, Jan Hendrik Dutch male poets People from 's-Hertogenbosch 1865 births 1925 deaths