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Faber Stapulensis, Jacobus

(Encyclopedia)Faber Stapulensis, Jacobus: see Lefèvre d'Étaples, Jacques. ...

Laar, Pieter van

(Encyclopedia)Laar, Pieter van: see Laer, Pieter van. ...

De Kempener, Pieter

(Encyclopedia)De Kempener, Pieter: see Kempener, Pieter de. ...

Hoogh, Pieter de

(Encyclopedia)Hoogh, Pieter de: see Hooch, Pieter de. ...

De Hooch, Pieter

(Encyclopedia)De Hooch or De Hoogh, Pieter: see Hooch, Pieter de. ...

Boutens, Pieter Cornelis

(Encyclopedia)Boutens, Pieter Cornelis pēˈtər kôrnāˈlĭs bouˈtəns [key], 1870–1943, Dutch poet. His Verzen (1898) won him early praise. His impressionistic and mystical lyric verse was marked by rhythmic ...

Hooft, Pieter Corneliszoon

(Encyclopedia)Hooft, Pieter Corneliszoon pēˈtər kôrnāˈlĭsōn hōft [key], 1581–1647, Dutch historian, poet, and dramatist. His great work was a history of the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain, Neder...

van't Hoff, Jacobus Hendricus

(Encyclopedia)van't Hoff, Jacobus Hendricus yäkōˈbəs hĕndrēˈkəs vänt hôf [key], 1852–1911, Dutch physical chemist. He taught at the universities of Amsterdam (1878–96) and Berlin (from 1896). For his ...

Verschaffelt, Pieter Anton

(Encyclopedia)Verschaffelt, Pieter Anton pēˈtər änˈtôn vĕrskhäfˈəlt [key], 1710–93, Flemish rococo sculptor. He spent about 10 years in Rome, where he executed a monument to Pope Benedict XIV. In 1752 h...

Troelstra, Pieter Jelles

(Encyclopedia)Troelstra, Pieter Jelles pēˈtər yĕlˈĕs tro͞olˈsträ [key], 1860–1930, Dutch Socialist. In 1893 he founded what later became the Sociaaldemocrata, the official Socialist paper, and in 1900 he...