Wolbert Wolberts Smidt
Wolbert Wolberts Smidt (born November 30, 1814 in Weener ; † October 28, 1859 in Ditzum ) was a village poet, organist and teacher in the East Frisian village of Ditzum am Dollart.
His poems were published in East Frisian magazines and circulated in manuscripts in East Frisia . Several of these manuscripts have survived, from which further poems were published in East Friesland in the 1990s, for example the poem “Daheim!” In which Smidt expressed his homesickness when he was suffering from lung disease for the first time outside mainland East Friesland.
He was the son of a blacksmith from the Frisian-Dutch van Allen family in Weener , who had adopted the name Smidt in 1811. As one of the first teachers in the Rheiderland , Wolbert Wolberts Smidt introduced the German language in the lessons of the village school. He wrote in German and Dutch himself. One of his students was the literary historian Claas Hugo Humbert .
Literature and web links
- Article . In: Biographical Lexicon for East Frisia (PDF)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smidt, Wolbert Wolberts |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smidt, Wolbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | East Frisian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weener |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1859 |
| Place of death | Ditzum |