Belgian poet, born in Dendermonde, in Belgium, on the 28th of September 1804. After completing his academical career, he was appointed archivist of his native town, from which he was removed to the same office in Ghent. He soon afterward received the office of professor of national history in the Athenæum. He was one of the chief contributors to the revival of Flemish literature, and published two volumes of poetry, Vaderlandsche Poezy (1840) and Het Klaverblad (1848). He died in Ghent on the 13th of November 1859.
