Background
Jérôme Louis Heldring was born on 21 December 1917 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Jérôme Louis Heldring was born on 21 December 1917 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Leiden University.
He was columnist (1953–2012) and editor-in-chief (1968–1972) of the newspapers Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant and National Research Council Handelsblad. Heldring started to write columns in Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (National Research Council) in 1953. From 1960 onwards, his column was called Dezer dagen (Our Days).
In 1968, he became the editor-in-chief of the National Research Council, which merged with Algemeen Handelsblad in 1970 to form National Research Council Handelsblad.
He stayed on as editor-in-chief until 1972. He was one of the most influential political commentators in the Netherlands.
His intellectual position was conservative and he was concerned with the history of civilization. His intellectual outlook was skeptical, detached, and precise.
He stopped writing his column for National Research Council Handelsblad on 5 April 2012, stating he did not have any more inspiration to write.
He died a year later, on 27 April 2013 in The Hague.