Jan Renier Snieders
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August Snieders
August Snieders was a Flemish journalist and writer. He started his career in's-Hertogenbosch, but later moved to Antwerp. In 1845, he became editor of the newspaper Het Handelsblad, of which he was head editor from 1849 until 1899...
, was a Flemish
Flanders
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writer. He studied medicine in Leuven
Leuven
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, and in 1838 he settled as a physician in Turnhout, where he did much to promote literature and for which reason he founded the society De Dageraad. In 1912, the Hofstraat in Turnhout was renamed to Renier Sniedersstraat.
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- Jan Renier Snieders (Dutch)