biography
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Revius, Jacobus
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originally Jacobus Reefsen
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pronunciation:
[rayvius]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1586–1658)
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| biography:
| Poet and writer, born in Deventer, C Netherlands. He studied theology, worked as a preacher in Deventer, and revised the Dutch State Bible. A fervent Calvinist, he wrote passionately against the Roman Catholic Church and the Spaniards. In addition to poetry, he wrote the history of his birthplace, Daventriae Illustratae (1651). |
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