Cornelis Johannes Kieviet was a Dutch teacher and writer of children's literature. He was born in Hoofddorp and is best known for his stories about a boy named Dik Trom. A statue of Dik Trom sitting backwards on a donkey can be found in the main... Wikipedia
Born: March 8, 1858, Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Died: August 12, 1931 (age 73 years), Wassenaar, Netherlands
Books: Fulco de Minstreel and Wilde Bob