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Jan van Beers

1821 - 1888

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Jan van Beers (22 February 1821 – 14 November 1888) was a Belgian poet born in Antwerp. He is usually referred to as "van Beers the elder" to distinguish him from his son, Jan van Beers (1852–1927), the painter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan van Beers is the 5,254th most popular writer (up from 5,475th in 2019), the 694th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 703rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan van Beers ranks 5,254 out of 7,302. Before him are Michel Tremblay, Friedrich von Hagedorn, Vibius Sequester, Abdulla Aliş, Carlos Monsiváis, and Dany Laferrière. After him are Richard Russo, Albert Salvadó, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Bruno Heller, Georgy Ivanov, and Alan Bennett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Jan van Beers ranks 91. Before him are Jane Wilde, William Henry Vanderbilt, Marcus Goldman, Charles Francis Hall, Karl Knies, and Juan Bautista Topete. After him are Joseph Noel Paton, Mathilde Marchesi, Robert O'Hara Burke, Churchill Babington, Daniel Harvey Hill, and Robert S. Duncanson. Among people deceased in 1888, Jan van Beers ranks 77. Before him are Jules d'Anethan, Alessandro Antonelli, Amos Bronson Alcott, Arsène Darmesteter, Henry James Sumner Maine, and Yuriy Fedkovych. After him are George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, Kanō Hōgai, Morrison Waite, Richard A. Proctor, and Roscoe Conkling.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan van Beers ranks 694 out of 1,190. Before him are Helmut Lotti (1969), Louis Glineur (1849), Maurice Martens (1947), Walter Planckaert (1948), Johan De Muynck (1948), and Frans De Mulder (1937). After him are Joseph Pletincx (1888), Philibert Smellinckx (1911), Hans Eworth (1520), Luc Nilis (1967), Thorgan Hazard (1993), and Oscar De Cock (1881).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Jan van Beers ranks 43. Before him are Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), François Weyergans (1941), Jan Frans Willems (1793), Simon Leys (1935), Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), and Paul van Ostaijen (1896). After him are Maurice Carême (1899), Jacob van Maerlant (1235), Herman Teirlinck (1879), Karel van de Woestijne (1878), Axel Merckx (1972), and Roger Foulon (1923).

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