J. H. Leopold

Jan Hendrik Leopold (1865-1925) was a Dutch poet and classicist.

He was born at 's-Hertogenbosch, May 11, 1865. After living in Arnhem he came to Rotterdam early in 1892, where he became a teacher of classical languages at the Gymnasium Erasmianum.

He translated portions of "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" into Dutch.

He died in Rotterdam, June 21, 1925; the school commemorates him with a bronze and stone monument including his portrait and one of his poems.

Works

* "Studia Peerlkampiana" (1892)
* "Ad Spinozae opera posthuma" (1902)
* "Stoïsche wijsheid" (1904)
* "M. Antonius Imperator" (1908)
* "Uit den tuin van Epicurus" (1910)
* "Verzen" (1912)
* "Cheops" (1916)
* "Oostersch" (1924)
* "Verzen II" (1926)

External links

In Dutch:
* [http://www.kb.nl/dichters/leopold/leopold-01.html Koninklijke Bibliotheek - J.H. Leopold]
* [http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=leop004 Digitale Bibliotheek Nederlandse Letteren - J.H. Leopold]