Of the old Protestant right wing (v. PAESI BASSI, II. History).
A poet of little merit, he left instead a vast body of journalistic work; in addition to various writings on political and sociological topics, noteworthy are the Letters from Rome, which appeared in the large Catholic daily of Amsterdam De Tijd, of which he was editor-in-chief.
BIBL.: J. Persyn, Dr. S., 3 vols., Utrecht 1912-27 (the last unfinished); J. van Wely, S. 1844-1903. Bussum 1952. Giovanni Giuseppe Poelhecke