biography
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Focquenbroch, Willem Godschalk van
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pronunciation:
[van fokenbrokh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1640–c.74)
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| biography:
| Poet and playwright, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He studied medicine in Utrecht, and had a doctor's practice in Amsterdam for several years before moving to the West Coast of Africa in 1667. His work is burlesque, but straightforward and humble. He was inspired by the French writer Paul Scarron. |
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