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John Bruckner (also Jean or Johannes)〔(''Dutch Philologists and General Linguistic Theory'' (PDF) )〕 (31 December 1726 – 12 May 1804) was a Dutch Lutheran minister and author, who settled in Norwich, England. ==Life== He was born on the Land van Cadzand (locally Kezand), then a small island in Zeeland. He was educated for the ministry, mainly at the University of Franeker, where he studied Greek under Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer; and held a charge at Leyden. In 1752 an elder of the Norwich Walloon church that leased the church of St. Mary the Less, seeking a successor to Michel Olivier Vallotton as pastor,〔John Southerden Burn, ''The history of the French, Walloon, Dutch and other foreign Protestant refugees settled in England'' (1846), p. 77; (online. )〕 recruited Bruckner, who could preach in Latin, Dutch, French, and English; and he came in Norwich in 1753. In addition to his duties at St. Mary the Less, he succeeded Dr. van Sarn, about 1766, as pastor of the Norwich Dutch church who used the choir of the church of St. John the Baptist. These duties were light, and lessened. Bruckner held the joint charge till his death, and was the last regular minister of either church. He taught French, Amelia Opie being among his pupils, and acted as organist. He also took part in the Norwich literary circle. He committed suicide at Norwich, while suffering from depression, on Saturday, 12 May 1804. He was buried at Guist, near Foulsham, Norfolk. He had married in 1782 Miss Cooper of Guist, a former pupil, who predeceased him. John Opie painted his portrait, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1800; one of Amelia Opie's ‘Lays’ is about this portrait. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Bruckner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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