Jacob Bicker Raije or Jacob Raije (August 15, 1703 – June 18, 1777) was a writer from the

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. Bicker Raije was born in

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as the son of Jan Raye and Alida Catharina Bicker. Bicker Raye was a member of the

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through his mother, whose name he added to his own. He held a number of administrative positions in the local government of

but is best known today for his diary, which was republished in 1935 and is listed in the

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as one of the 1,000 most important texts of the Dutch language. Raije died in

External links

* Online version of his diary
Het dagboek van Jacob Bicker Raye 1732-1772
published by F. Beijerinck and M.G. de Boer, 1935
De polsslag van de stad - De Amsterdamse stadskronieken van Jacob Bicker Raije (1732-1772)
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Machiel Bosman
1703 births 1777 deaths Writers from Amsterdam Dutch civil servants Dutch male writers {{Netherlands-writer-stub