Jacobus Bellamy
Jacobus Bellamy (spr. -Mei), (born November 12, 1757 in Vlissingen , † March 11, 1786 in Utrecht ) was a Dutch poet .
Life
Jacobus Bellamy, the son of a Swiss baker, attracted public attention as a baker's apprentice with his poems and was then equipped by patrons with the means to study theology , which he began in Utrecht in 1782 . Bellamy lived there almost exclusively for the muses and founded a “poetic society” with a few friends, which sought to bring about a higher upswing in Dutch poetry, especially by imitating the newer German poets.
Under the name Zelandus, he released his mijner jeugd (1782), then his enthusiastic Vaderlandsche (1783) and 1785 other pliers . His best-known poem was the romance Roosje , which lived on in the nation's memory , appeared in the Proeven voor het verstand etc. (Utrecht 1874; German by Johannes Janssen , Wesel 1834) and is unique in Dutch literature in terms of simplicity and sentimentality. Before Bellamy could take up a preaching position, he died March 11, 1786. His poems were published collectively (first in 1816) in the new edition of Haarlem 1852. Johannes van Vloten edited the strangest of his posthumous letters and papers (Middelburg 1878).
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| SURNAME | Bellamy, Jacobus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bellamy, Jacob; Zelandus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vlissingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1786 |
| Place of death | Utrecht |