Jan Renier Snieders

Jan Renier Snieders (22 November 1812 in Bladel – 9 April 1888 in Turnhout), a brother of August Snieders, was a Flemish writer. He studied medicine in Leuven, and in 1838 he settled as a physician in Turnhout, where he did much to promote literature. For that purpose he founded the society De Dageraad. In 1912, the Hofstraat in Turnhout was renamed to Renier Sniedersstraat.

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  • Het kind met den helm (1852)
  • De meesterknecht (1855)
  • Doctor Marcus (1858)
  • De lelie van het gehucht (1860)
  • Narda (1869)
  • De geuzen in de Kempen (1875)
  • Zonder God (1885)

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