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Halbertsma is a Frisian patrician family that originates from Dokkum's surrounding area. Family members traditionally occupy positions in the legal field, academia, medicine, business, and public administration. The family is mostly known for its significant contributions to Frisian literature and written language. Other members operated successful timber and dairy businesses in, respectively, Grou and Sneek, which offered a main source of employment for the region in the 19th and 20th century. The cultural heritage of the family is, as of 1934, governed by the Halbertsma Foundation. The present chairman is prof.dr. Tjalling Halbertsma, dean of Campus Fryslân, University of Groningen. The family is listed in volumes 5, 12, 15, 40 and 71 of the genealogical reference work Nederland's Patriciaat (hereafter NP). Contributions to Frisian culture, literature and language The Brothers Halbertsma played a crucial role in the development of Frisian literature, wri ...
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Justus Hiddes Halbertsma
Justus Hiddes Halbertsma ( ; ; 23 October 1789 – 27 February 1869)Breuker 1993, p. 588.Breuker 2016, p. 1126.Rademaker-Helfferich. was a Frisian writer, poet, minister, lexicographer and linguist. Today, he is primarily known for the poetry and short story collection ''De Lapekoer fan Gabe Skroar'', which he wrote with his brother Eeltsje, publishing the first edition in 1822.Breuker 1993, p. 594.Dykstra and Oldenhof, p. 37. Afterwards, this work was continually expanded, and also came to include contributions by a third brother, Tsjalling, until all the Halbertsma Brothers' prose and poetry was posthumously collected in 1871 to become the famous work '' Rimen en Teltsjes''.Breuker 1993, pp. 603–606. Although the literary value of this collection was later disputed by some critics,Breuker 1993, pp. 594–596. it is undeniable that ''Rimen en Teltsjes'' played a role of crucial importance in the development of a new literary tradition after Western Frisian had been used alm ...
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Eeltsje Hiddes Halbertsma
Eeltsje Hiddes Halbertsma (; ; 8 October 1797 – 22 March 1858)Breuker 1993, p. 592. was a West Frisians, Frisian writer, poet and physician,Breuker 1993, pp. 592–594. member of the Halbertsma family, and the youngest of the Halbertsma Brothers.Breuker 1993, p. 587. He became well known when he and his elder brother Justus Hiddes Halbertsma, Justus published the poetry collection, poetry and short story collection ''De Lapekoer fan Gabe Skroar'' in 1822.Dykstra and Oldenhof, p. 37. Afterwards, this work was continually expanded, and also came to include contributions by a third brother, Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Tsjalling,Wiersma, p. 9. until all the Halbertsma Brothers' prose and poetry was posthumously collected in 1871 to become the famous work ''Rimen en Teltsjes''.Breuker 1993, pp. 603–606. This book played a role of crucial importance in the development of a new literary tradition after Western Frisian had been used almost exclusively as a spoken language for three ce ...
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