Jacques Karel Rensburg

Jacques Rensburg was unmarried. He frequently visited his sister Catharina ('Nina') Adler-Rensburg in Amsterdam, and she often gave him food and clothing, because his income was very irregular. Jacques was also a well-known figure at the reading table of the American Hotel on Leidseplein in Amsterdam, where he very frequently spent the evening, a ‘gentleman’ despite his threadbare clothes. He is s…

Rensburg behoorde tot de boheme kennissenkring van Henriette van Eyk (die hij via haar broer Bert leerde kennen) die o.a. bestond uit Victor van Vriesland, Hans Bayens, Nico Donkersloot, Rein Blijstra, Maurits Dekker en Cor Hermus.

Lit: o.a. Henriette van Eyk, Dierbare wereld (Amsterdam 1973), p. 114-115

Jacques Rensburg studeerde in 1890/91 Nederlandse letteren aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam.