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Lier, Catharina Allegonda van (1768 - 1801)

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Short name Lier, Catharina Allegonda van
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First name Catharina Allegonda
Birth name Lier
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Date of birth 1768
Date of death 1801
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Sex Female
Place of birth Assen
Place of death Cape Town
Lived in Cape Town , Assen
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Religion / ideology Protestant
Education Educated at home
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Lier, Catharina Allegonda van was ...
sibling Lier, Barbara Maria van
family: non-household Hofstede, Petrus
lover of Kicherer, Johannes Jacobus
sibling Ritsema van Lier, Helperus
correspondent and friend Smith, Machteld
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Place(s) of Residence Cape Town (1786-1801) , Assen (1768-1785)
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Dagboek, gemeenzame brieven en eenzame overdenkingen (1804) 6 0

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Circulations of Lier, Catharina Allegonda van, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Lier, Catharina Allegonda van, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

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*Lemma in Biografisch woordenboek der Nederlanden Aa, Abraham Jakob van der 1852 comments on person
Hoofstuk V. 'n Satiriese digter oor die eerste oorgawe van die Kaap, sy teenstanders en mistieke tydgenote. 3. Dagboek-houer, mistieke digteres, Catharina Allegonda van Lier 1934 comments on person
Vrouegalery Villiers, Anna de 1962 comments on person
Catharina Allegonda van Lier None is portrait of

MENTIONED IN:
Heinemeyer L 258
NNBW 1911-1937
Ter Laan 1941

She was engaged to J.J. Kicherer but died before her marriage could take place. He published her writings under the title Diary, Communal Letters and Solitary Reflections written by the late Miss Catharina Allegonda van Lier at the Cape of Good Hope. Beek & Van Nieker, 2019: 297 (FT 2025).