biography
pronunciation:
[van efen]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1684–1735)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in 's-Hertogenbosch, S Netherlands. He was a private teacher and studied law in Leiden. He travelled to England, Sweden, and France, became very knowledgeable about French and English literature, and founded several magazines including De Hollandsche Spectator (1731). He was a rationalist and a moralist. |
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