Jan Frederik Helmers
Jan Frederik Helmers (born March 7, 1767 in Amsterdam , Netherlands, † February 26, 1813 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch poet and wealthy businessman.
Life
In his poems he expressed admiration for the Renaissance and Voltaire . His poem De Hollandsche Natie (The Dutch Nation) from 1812 gave him problems with the French occupation . When the police arrived at his house at Keizersgracht 16 in February 1813 by imperial order to arrest him and bring him to Paris, his brother-in-law Cornelis Loots could only show them the body of Helmers who had just died.
The French occupiers banned the publication of the poem De Hollandse natie .
In 1794 he married Catharina Wessels, several of his children died during his lifetime. Amsterdam, the birth town of Helmers, honored him with a number of street names, namely Eerste, Tweede and Derde Helmersstraat.
Works
- Lijkzang op het Graf van Nederland (1795)
- Aan het vaderland (1799)
- De Hollandsche Natie (1812)
See also
- Helmersbuurt
- Jan Helmers and his brother Willem Helmers were his last descendants. You were shot by the Germans in Berlin in 1943 as a participant in the Dutch resistance group "Stijkelgroep".
Web links
- dbnl profile at the Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (dbnl)
- Project Laurens Jz Coster with texts by JF Helmers
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helmers, Jan Frederik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1813 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |