See also:

• JAN

JAN See also:

• VAN

VAN BEES (1821-1888)  , Belgian poet, usually called " the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder " to distinguish him from his son, See also:

• JAN

Jan See also:

• VAN

van Beers, the well-known painter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp on the 22nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1821 . He was essentially a Netherlander, though politically a Belgian, expressing his thoughts in the same See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language as any See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Netherland writer . In fact, the poems of Jan van Beers are perhaps more popular in See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland than in See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium, and of many of them there exist more See also:

• EDITIONS

editions printed in Holland than in his See also:

• POLITICAL

political fatherland . Van Beers started See also:

• LIFE

life as a teacher of Dutch language and literature, first at See also:

• MALINES (Flemish, Mechelen, called in the middle ages by the Latin name Mechlinia, whence the spelling Mechlin)

Malines, then at See also:

• LIERRE (Flemish, Lier)

Lierre, and in 186o was appointed a See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of both at the See also:

• ATHENAEUM

Athenaeum (high school) in Antwerp, where he had also been a sub-librarian in the communal library . Van Beers as a teacher was See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, with Hendrik See also:

• CONSCIENCE (Lat. con-scientia, literally " knowledge of a thing shared with another person " or " complete knowledge," and derivatively " consciousness in general)
• CONSCIENCE, HENDRIK (1812-1883)

Conscience, See also:

• WILLEMS, FLORENT JOSEPH MARIE (1823–1905)
• WILLEMS, JEAN FRANCOIS (1793-'t846)

Willems and others, when the Flemish See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement began . He composed a Dutch See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar (1852), which, in enlarged editions, still holds the field, and a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of selections from Dutch authors, both books being so much appreciated that the Belgian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government made them See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-books in the public See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . Van Beers's See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical poems, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal of which is, perhaps, See also:

• JAKOB, LUDWIG HEINRICH VON (1759—1827)

Jakob Van See also:

• MAERLANT, JACOB VAN (c. 1235-c. 1300)

Maerlant (See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, r86o), helped the Flemish revival in Belgium as powerfully as his school-books . He is best known, however, as the writer of See also:

• BALLADS

ballads and songs . Jongelingsdroomen (" A See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man's Dreams ") first appeared at Antwerp and Amsterdam in 1853 . These poems were followed by Levensbeelden (" Life Figures or Pictures," Amsterdam, 1858) and by Gevoel en See also:

• LEVEN
• LEVEN, ALEXANDER LESLIE, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1580-1661)
• LEVEN, LOCH

Leven (" Feeling—Living," Amsterdam, 1861) . His Rijzende Bladen (" Rising Leaves ") first made its See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance at See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent and See also:

• ROTTERDAM

Rotterdam in 1883 . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year an edition de luxe of his See also:

• POETRY

poetry was published, adorned with See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen-and-See also:

• INK (from Late Lat. encaustum, Gr. gysavorov, the purple ink used by Greek and Roman emperors, from iyKaiew, to burn in)

ink sketches by Jan van Beers the younger, and a popular edition of his collected poems was published at Ghent and Rotterdam in 1873 and 1884 .

Among the best known are De Blinde (" See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

Blind "), De Zieke Jongeling (" Young and Doomed "), Bij 't Kerkportaal (" At the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church See also:

• PORCH (through the Fr. porehe, from Lat. porticus; the Ital. equivalent is portico, corresponding to the Gr. vapOi ; Ger. Vorhalle)

Porch ") . Van Beers's poetry, full of glow and pathos, See also:

• SIMPLE

simple yet forcible, is somewhat akin to that of See also:

• LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH (1807-1882)

Longfellow . Van Beers died at Antwerp on the 14th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November r888 .