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\d͡ʒˈan fɹˈɛdɪɹˌɪk hˈɛlməz], \dʒˈan fɹˈɛdɪɹˌɪk hˈɛlməz], \dʒ_ˈa_n f_ɹ_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_ɹ_ˌɪ_k h_ˈɛ_l_m_ə_z]\
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A Dutch poet and dramatist; born in Amsterdam, March 4, 1767; died there, Feb. 26, 1813. He left a mercantile career for the pursuit of letters. In 1789 he produced a tragedy, "Dinomache", founded upon Athenian history, following it with a poem, "Socrates". His best work was inspired by the reverses of his country growing out of the Napoleonic wars. When a Bonaparte ascended the Dutch throne, the poet's patriotism found expression in the "Fragment of a Tragedy upon the Fall of Corinth". His finest composition, "The Dutch Nation", is a poetical apotheosis of Holland.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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