Petrus Augustus de Genestet
Illustration — Petrus Augustus de Génestet (c.1860) Petrus Augustus de Génestet (commonly referred to as "P.A. de Génestet") (Amsterdam, 21 November 1829Rozendaal, 2 July 1861) was a Dutch poet and theologian. De Génestet lost both of his parents at a very young age; after that he lived with his uncle, the Dutch painter Jan Adam Kruseman. He studied at the Amsterdamse Atheneum and the Seminarium der Remonstrantse Broederschap to become a preacher.
Petrus Augustus de Genestet
P.A. de Genestet, door Anth. de Vries/W. Steelink · dbnl · Public domain
- Born
- 1829 · Amsterdam.
- Died
- 1861 · Rozendaal.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- poet · theologian · writer · preacher
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Petrus Augustus de Génestet (c.1860) Petrus Augustus de Génestet (commonly referred to as "P.A. de Génestet") (Amsterdam, 21 November 1829Rozendaal, 2 July 1861) was a Dutch poet and theologian. De Génestet lost both of his parents at a very young age; after that he lived with his uncle, the Dutch painter Jan Adam Kruseman. He studied at the Amsterdamse Atheneum and the Seminarium der Remonstrantse Broederschap to become a preacher.
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He became a preacher in March 1852 and worked in Moordrecht. In December of the same year he started working in Delft, the same city that still has the Genestetkerk, a Remonstrant church that was named after him. Shortly after moving to Delft he married Henriette Bienfait in Bloemendaal. They had four children. He moved to Amsterdam, but spent most of his summers in Bloemendaal. Two years later, in 1861, he died in Rozendaal due to tuberculosis. In 1862 the memorial for De Génestet at the Rozendaal cemetery was revealed. His narrative poem De Sint-Nicolaasavond ("Saint Nicholas's Eve") appeared in 1849.
Petrus Augustus de Genestet is recorded as poet, theologian, writer and preacher.
Identificatie Titel(s): Portret van de dichter en predikant Petrus Augustus de Génestet
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PA de Génestet: Leekedichtjens, 1860. Collection of poems.
P.A. de Génestet (1829-1861)
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1829
Petrus Augustus de Genestet was born in 1829 at Amsterdam.
1850
AASJvdB-026 Contribution of Petrus Augustus de Génestet (KB, nationale bibliotheek).
1861
Petrus Augustus de Genestet died in 1861 at Rozendaal.
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