Jan Frans Willems

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From

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The World’s 5 Most Commonly Used Writing Systems

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Why Do Languages Die?

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11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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Pro and Con: School Uniforms

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Why Is It Called Black Friday?

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11 Banned Books Through Time

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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

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8 of the Largest Empires in History

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8 Deadliest Wars of the 21st Century

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Born	March 11, 1793 • Austrian Netherlands
Died	June 24, 1846 (aged 53) • Ghent • Belgium
Subjects Of Study	Dutch language

Franz Hellens

Belgian writer

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov

Russian author

Vondel, detail of an engraving after a portrait by Joachim Sandrart, 1635

Joost van den Vondel

Dutch writer

Guido Gezelle

Flemish poet and priest

Charles Van Lerberghe

Belgian poet

Mary Louise Booth

American journalist

Cyriel Buysse

Belgian writer

Nina Berberova

Russian-American writer

Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert

Dutch author

Stijn Streuvels

Flemish writer

Frederik Willem van Eeden

Dutch author and physician

Samuel Putnam

American editor and author

A.-H. Anquetil-Duperron

French scholar and linguist

James Darmesteter

French orientalist

Jacob van Maerlant

Dutch poet

Iancu Văcărescu

Romanian author

Charlotte Endymion Porter

American editor

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Nicholas Oresme

French bishop, scholar, and economist

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian author

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