[Johannes Petrus]. Flemish poet, born in Leyden, Holland, on the 6th of November 1812; was graduated from the old Leyden University; completed his theological studies in 1836; was pastor successively in Heiloo, Breda, and Middleburgh in 1849, Amsterdam in 1851, and retired from the pastorate in 1883. His poetry is gracefully humoristic and touchingly sentimental; his favorite and most popular creation is one Jonathan, whose ways and sayings are ever droll and catching. He wrote Waarheit en Droomen door Jonathan (7th ed., 1887); Windekelken (1859); Nieuwe Windekelken (1864); Theuwklokjes (1878); Winterbloemen (1879); Vesper (1887).
