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D.D. (Leiden 1839, Edinburgh 1884), Phil. Mag. and Litt. D. (Utrecht, 1865), Dutch Protestant, religious poet; b. at Haarlem, Sept. 13, 1814; studied theology at Leiden; became Reformed pastor at Heemstede 1840, at Utrecht 1854; profe or of theology at Utrecht, 1875. He is the author in Dutch of Camera obscura (under the pseudonyme of Hildebrand), Haarlem, 1839, 16th ed. 1886 (translated into different languages of Europe; the French title is, Scenes de la vie holtandaise, Paris, 1856); " Biography of J. H. van der Palm," 184 263 2 (English trans. New York, 1865); " Hours of Devotion," 1848-75, 8 vols. (German select trans. Bonn, 1858); " St. Paul,-at the most Important Times of his Life and Activity," 18— 3d ed. 1859 (German trans. Gotha, 1857, Danish trans. Copenhagen, 1858); " Literary Recreations," 1856, 2d ed. 1873; collected edition of his poems, 1864-85, 4 vols.; " Literary Miscellanies," 1876, 2 vols.; editor of the complete works of Staring and Bogaers (Dutch poets of the nineteenth century), 1862 and 1871 respectively; and of Anna Rcemer Vi cher (seventeenth century), 1881; translator in to Dutch of Emblemes chre'tienshj Georgette de Montenay, lady of honor to Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, 18— B EH R E N DS, A. J. F. Socialism and Christianity, New York, 1886.