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Philips van Marnix, Heer Van Sint Aldegonde: Quick Facts

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Born 1540 • Brussels • Belgium
Died December 15, 1598 (aged 58) • Leiden • Netherlands
Notable Works “Den byencorf der H. Roomsche Kercke”
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Dutch writer
Coornhert, Dirck Volckertszoon
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert
Dutch author
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Roemer Visscher
Dutch poet
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Saʿadia ben Joseph
Jewish exegete and philosopher
Mendelssohn, Moses
Moses Mendelssohn
German-Jewish philosopher and scholar
Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Cees Nooteboom
Cees Nooteboom
Dutch author
Cats, Jacob
Jacob Cats
Dutch author
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Hella S. Haasse
Dutch author
Portrait of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft by Joachim von Sandrart, showing Hooft with light brown hair, a trimmed beard, and a white lace collar against a dark background.
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Dutch author
Bilderdijk, detail of an oil painting by C.H. Hodges; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Willem Bilderdijk
Dutch poet
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Albert Verwey
Dutch poet
Betje Wolff, detail of an engraving by Lodewyk Gotlieb Portman after a drawing by Abraham Teerlink after a painting by Petrus Groenia.
Betje Wolff
Dutch author
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Pieter Jelles Troelstra
Dutch statesman
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Hermanus Johannes Aloysius Maria Schaepman
Dutch statesman
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Gerrit Achterberg
Dutch poet
Heinrich von Veldeke
Heinrich von Veldeke
German-Dutch poet
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Frederik Willem van Eeden
Dutch author and physician
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Willem Kloos
Dutch author
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Martinus Nijhoff
Dutch poet

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