Johannes Godefridus Frederiks (24 April 1828– 5 May 1896) was a Dutch historian and literary scholar, co-editor of the second edition of the Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde (Amsterdam, 1888–1890).
[1] He was educated at Domburg as a student-teacher and taught at schools in Middelburg, Colijnsplaat, Drimmelen, Geertruidenberg and Rijswijk, before becoming a private docent in The Hague.
There he was employed to tutor the officers and medics of the first Japanese embassy.
[2] In 1858 he married Antonetta Johanna Cornelia Koning.
[2][1] In 1871 he was appointed to teach history and Dutch language and literature at the Hogere Burgerschool in Zutphen, and in 1880 he transferred to the Gymnasium in Amsterdam.