Jacobus Revius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacobus Revius

Dutch poet, Calvinist theologian and church historian

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1586

Place of Birth: Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands

Date of Death: 15-Nov-1658

Profession: writer, poet, translator, theologian, church historian

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jacobus Revius (born Jakob Reefsen; November 1586 – 15 November 1658) was a Dutch poet, Calvinist theologian and church historian.
His most renowned collection of poems, the Over-ysselsche Sangen en Dichten (1630), forms a high point of Dutch baroque.
According to Pieter Geyl,