Hermanus or Hermannus Angelkot Jr. (bapt. 6 February 1688, Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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 - 1727) was an Amsterdam pharmacist who also wrote poems and plays. He was the son of Judith Muijsart and Hermanus Angelkot Sr. (ca. 1648 - ca. 1713), who also wrote plays and practised as a pharmacist. The sources are not entirely clear over which was which, but both wrote. Hermanus Jr. married Catharina te Naerde in Amsterdam before 1717. His brother Isaacq (bapt. 25 May 1689) became a notary

Civil law notary

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Angelkot Jr. was friendly with Pieter Langendijk

Pieter Langendijk

Pieter Langendijk was a damask weaver, city artist, dramatist, and poet.-Life:Pieter was the son of Arend Kort, a mason born in Langedijk. His father died when he was young so he and his mother began a textile business. In 1695, they moved to the Hague, then Amsterdam...

 who, when he was the first to translate Molière

Molière

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...

 into Dutch, he named 'the Dutch Molière'. Together they wrote "Cato, of de ondergang der Roomsche vryheid" (1715), based on Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was a man of letters, eldest son of Lancelot Addison...

's "Cato" (1713), dedicating it to the then mayor of Amsterdam, Nicolaes Witsen

Nicolaes Witsen

Nicolaas or Nicolaes Witsen was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times, between 1682-1706. In 1693 he became administrator of the VOC. In 1689 he was extraordinary-ambassador to the English court, and became Fellow of the Royal Society. In his free time he was cartographer, maritime writer, and an...

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Works

• Vechter
• Het voutje van Esphesen
• Cato, of de ondergang der Roomsche vryheid (1715, with Pieter Langendijk)

External links

• Biography on DBNL
  • The farce "Vechter" (Project Gutenberg
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