J. H. Leopold, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

J. H. Leopold

Dutch poet and classicist

Date of Birth: 11-May-1865

Place of Birth: 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands

Date of Death: 21-Jun-1925

Profession: writer, teacher, poet, translator, classical scholar

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jan Hendrik Leopold (May 11, 1865 – June 21, 1925) was a Dutch poet and classicist. Leopold was born at 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
After living in Arnhem he moved to Rotterdam early in 1892, where he became a teacher of classical languages at the Gymnasium Erasmianum. He translated portions of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam into Dutch. He died in Rotterdam.
The school commemorates him with a bronze and stone monument including his portrait and one of his poems.