GORTER, HERMAN , Dutch poet, was born on Nov. 26, 1864, at Wormerveer. He taught for some time in the gymnasium at Amersfoort, and then settled at Bussum. His strong impressionistic tendencies colour his three chief publica tions—Mei, een Gedichte (1893), De School der Poezie (1897) and Pan, een Gedichte (1912) . His translation of Spinoza's Ethics appeared in 1895.
See Hauser, Die niederldndische Lyrik von 1875-19oo (19oi).