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Willem van Haren (1710–1768)
Haren, Willem van. A Dutch poet and statesman, brother of Onno; born at Leeuwarden, Feb. 21, 1710; committed suicide in North Brabant, July 4, 1768. His celebrated poem ‘Leonidas’ (1742) was written to inspire the Hollanders with his own enthusiasm for liberty and the war of the Austrian succession. Even more meritorious are his odes on human happiness and the vicissitudes of life; but his epic poem ‘Friso,’ despite imperfections, won him his greatest fame.