JACOB VAN LENNEP
\d͡ʒˈe͡ɪkəb vˈan lˈɛnɛp], \dʒˈeɪkəb vˈan lˈɛnɛp], \dʒ_ˈeɪ_k_ə_b v_ˈa_n l_ˈɛ_n_ɛ_p]\
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A celebrated Dutch poet; born at Amsterdam, March 24, 1802; died at Oosterbeek, Aug. 25, 1868. He translated some of Byron's poems. His first volume of original verse, "Academic ldylls" (1826), won little attention; but his "Legends of the Netherlands" were received with universal applause. The "Legends" comprise among others: "Adegild" (1828); "Jacoba and Bertha" (1829); "The Struggle with Flanders" (1831); "Edward van Gelre" (1847).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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