Jean-Baptist David (25 January 1801, Lier – 24 March 1866, Leuven) was a canon and professor of Dutch and history at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Jean-Baptist David was born in the

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city of Lier. As a professor he worked together with

Jan Frans Willems Jan Frans Willems (11 March 1793 – 24 June 1846) was a Flemish writer and ''father'' of the Flemish movement. Willems was born in the Belgian city of Boechout, while that was under French occupation. He started his career in the office of a not ...

and was president of the first and second ''Taelcongres'' that resulted in the language unity between the

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and

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. He was the editor of the first united Dutch dictionary, that was published in 1864. He also wrote several books on the history of Flanders, and produced the first modern edition of the works of

Jan van Ruusbroec John van Ruysbroeck, original Flemish name Jan van Ruusbroec () (1293 or 1294 – 2 December 1381) was an Augustinian canon and one of the most important of the Flemish mystics. Some of his main literary works include ''The Kingdom of the D ...

(5 vols., Maetschappy der Vlaemsche Bibliophilen, Ghent, 1858–1868).Geert Warnar, ''Ruusbroec: Literature and Mysticism in the Fourteenth Century'' (Brill, 2007), p. 333. He died in 1866 in Leuven. To his honour, the

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was founded in 1875 with the purpose to promote the Flemish literature, culture and history.

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* Vaderlandsche historie (11 volumes) (1842–1866) ** Vaderlandsche historie. Deel 1 (1842–1866) ** Vaderlandsche historie. Deel 2 (1842–1866) ** Vaderlandsche historie. Deel 3 (1842–1866) ** Vaderlandsche historie. Deel 4 (1842–1866) ** Vaderlandsche historie. Deel 5 (1842–1866) ** Vaderlandsche historie. Deel 6 (1842–1866) ** Vaderlandsche historie. Deel 7 (1842–1866) ** Vaderlandsche historie. Deel 8 (1842–1866) ** Vaderlandsche historie. Deel 9 (1842–1866) ** Vaderlandsche historie. Deel 10 (1842–1866) ** Vaderlandsche historie. Deel 11 (1842–1866) * Geschiedenis van Sint-Albertus van Leuven (1843) * Geschiedenis van de stad en de heerlykheid van Mechelen (1854) * Nederduytsche spraekkunst (2 vol., 1833–1835) * Van Maerlants Rymbybel (4 vol. 1858-1864) * Werken van Jan van Ruusbroec (5 vol., 1858–1868), completed by F.A. Snellaert

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