Beets, Nicolaas |
| THEOLOGIST, PREACHER, POET, AUTHOR (THE NETHERLANDS) |
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BORN 13 Sep 1814, Haarlem, Noord-holland - DIED 18 Mar 1903, Utrecht CAUSE OF DEATH cerebral haemorrhage GRAVE LOCATION Utrecht, Utrecht: 1e Algemene Begraafplaats Soestbergen, Gansstraat 167 (9-35) |
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Nicolaas Beets was the son of a pharmacist. He studied theology in Leiden and received his doctorate in 1839. In 1840 he started as a Minister in Heemstede at the Dutch Reformed Church. He married Aleida van Foreest in the same year. She was the sister of his friend Cornelis van Foreest (1817-1875). They had nine children. His friend John Ingram Lockhart (1812-1889), who came from England, introduced him to the work of Lord Byron and Byron influenced his poetry. His best known work is the collection of stories "Camera Obscura" (1839), which he wrote under the pseudonym Hildebrand. Other literary friends were Johannes Kneppelhout and Johannes Hasebroek. In 1851 he became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1854 he relocated to Utrecht, where he frequently demonstrated his social engagement. he admired William Wilberforce and speeched against slavery in 1863. From 1874 to 1884 he was Pofessor of church history at Utrecht University. In 1888 he was a co-founder of the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital in Utrecht. Related persons • was influenced by Byron, George Noel Gordon |
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 The grave of Nicolaas Beets at the Soestbergen Begraafplaats, Utrecht. Picture by Androom (03 Aug 2012) |
Sources • Heessen, Hans, Harry Jansen & Ed Schilders, Waar ligt Poot?, De Prom, Baarn, 1997 • Nicolaas Beets - Wikipedia (EN) |
