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

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

and

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. Leopold was born at

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. After living in

Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both banks of ...

he moved to

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

early in 1892, where he became a teacher of classical languages at the

Gymnasium Erasmianum The Gymnasium Erasmianum is a school in Rotterdam (also known under its Dutch name "Erasmiaans Gymnasium"). History Founded in 1328, it is the second oldest school in the Netherlands with recorded date of establishment (after the Johan de Witt-g ...

. He translated portions of ''The

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'' into

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. He died in Rotterdam. The school commemorates him with a bronze and stone monument including 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)

External links

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Koninklijke Bibliotheek - J.H. Leopold

Digitale Bibliotheek Nederlandse Letteren - J.H. Leopold
Dutch male poets People from 's-Hertogenbosch 1865 births 1925 deaths {{netherlands-poet-stub