Willem Bilderdijk (; 7 September 1756 – 18 December 1831) was a Dutch poet, historian, lawyer, and linguist.
Life
Willem Bilderdijk was born on 7 September 1756 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic.
He was the son of an Amsterdam physician. When he was six years old an accident to his foot incapacitated him for ten years, and eventually president (1809–1811) of the Royal Institute.
Bilderdijk also taught the king Dutch although on one occasion, the king supposedly told his people that he was the "Konijn van 'Olland" ("rabbit of 'Olland"), rather than "Koning van Holland" ("King of Holland") because he had difficulty mastering Dutch pronunciation. and especially Isaac da Costa, who called his teacher "anti-revolutionary, anti-Barneveldtian, anti-Loevesteinish, anti-liberal".
Bilderdijk died in Haarlem in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands on 18 December 1831.
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External links
- The Bilderdijk Haarlem Foundation