See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

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

WILLEMS (1793-'t846)  , Flemish writer, began See also:

• LIFE

life in the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of a See also:

• NOTARY, or NOTARY PUBLIC

notary at Anvers . He devoted his leisure to literature, and in 18ro he gained a See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize for See also:

• POETRY

poetry with an See also:

• ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

ode in celebration of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• TILSIT

Tilsit . He hailed with See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm the constitution of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands, and the revival of Flemish literature; and he published a number of spirited and eloquent writings in support of the claims of the native See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue of the Netherlands . His See also:

• POLITICAL

political sympathies were with the See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange party at the revolution of 1830, and these views led him into trouble with the provisional 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 . See also:

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

Willems, however, was soon recognized as the unquestioned See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the Flemish popular See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• PLANK

plank in whose See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform he made the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete equality of the See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages in the government and the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law courts . He died at See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent in 1846 . Among his writings, which were very numerous, the most important were: See also:

• LES

Les Sciences et les arts (1816), Aux Beiges (1818); Etude sur les origines et l'histoire See also:

• DES

des temps primitifs de la ville d'Anvers (1828); Melanges de litterature et d'histoire (1829); besides several learned See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of old Flemish texts .