Gerardus Johannes Geers
Gerardus Johannes Geers, (
Blackfoot
Indians in North America but spent his career studying the Spanish language and Spanish culture.
In 1917 Geers travelled to Spain to become the governor of the children of the Dutch
Nuestra Palabra and El Comunista. Despite his diplomatic immunity
as part of the household of the envoy he was expelled from Spain for alleged "subversive activities".
Geers made a career as a teacher and became a pioneer of hispanismo in the Netherlands. He translated
Leyenda negra" and he defended King Philip II of Spain
against the many accusations.
In "El problema de los romances" (1920) Geers denied the popular thesis of
kharga
-material.
Geers became a professor of Hispanic studies in Groningen.
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