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Hermannus Angelkot
1688–1727
An Amsterdam pharmacist who also wrote poems and plays, he belonged to a family where science and theater lived side by side. His small surviving record still hints at a lively place in early 18th-century Dutch literary life.
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Vechter
by Hermannus Angelkot
About the author
Born in Amsterdam and baptized on February 6, 1688, Hermannus Angelkot Jr. was a Dutch pharmacist who also wrote poetry and drama. He was the son of Hermanus Angelkot Sr., who was likewise both a pharmacist and a playwright, and later married Catharina te Naerde.
Angelkot moved in literary circles in Amsterdam and is noted as a friend of writers including Joan van Broekhuizen and Pieter Langendijk. His work included plays such as Cato, of De ondergang der roomsche vryheid (1715) and Don Cesar of De broederlyke minnaar (1716), showing his connection to the city’s active stage culture.
Because sources sometimes blur the lives of father and son, only a few details about him can be stated with confidence. Even so, he stands out as one of those early modern writers whose creative work grew alongside a practical profession, linking everyday urban life with the world of Dutch theater.