Jacob van der Schuere (1676 – after 1643), was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

writer.

Biography

He was born in Menen but moved north to

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

where he became a schoolmaster and wrote educational books. In 1612, he published the work ''Nederduytsche spellinge'', which was a proposal for a comprehensive spelling of the Dutch language and in 1643 he published the math book ''Arithmetica oft reken-konst''. He probably died in Haarlem some time after the publication of his second book, though his death is not recorded.

References

Jacob van der Schuere
in the DBNL 1676 births 1640s deaths Dutch Golden Age writers People from Menen Writers from Haarlem {{Netherlands-writer-stub