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Frederik van Eeden

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Dutch writer and psychiatrist (1860-1932)

WritersLived 1860 to 1932 · aged 72
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Frederik Willem van Eeden was a Dutch writer and psychiatrist. He was a leading member of the Tachtigers and the Significs Group, and had top billing among the editors of De Nieuwe Gids during its celebrated first few years of publication, starting in 1885.

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Frederik Willem van Eeden was a Dutch writer and psychiatrist. He was a leading member of the Tachtigers and the Significs Group, and had top billing among the editors of De Nieuwe Gids during its celebrated first few years of publication, starting in 1885. Van Eeden adopted vegetarianism in 1890 for health reasons, later promoting it as an ethical stance in works like Het Vegetariaat (1896), but gradually distanced himself from it in the early 20th century as his philosophical views shifted.

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deceased
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Lived 1860 to 1932 · aged 72
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19 languages

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