Jacob Bicker Raije

Jacob Bicker Raije or Jacob Raije was a writer from the Dutch Republic.
Bicker Raije was born in Amsterdam as the son of Jan Raye and Alida Catharina Bicker. Bicker Raye was a member of the Bicker family through his mother, whose name he added to his own. He held a number of administrative positions in the local government of Amsterdam but is best known today for his diary, which was republished in 1935 and is listed in the Canon of [Dutch Literature] as one of the 1,000 most important texts of the Dutch language.
Raije died in Amsterdam.