Cornelis de Vries
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Cornelis de Vries (16 August 1740, Koog aan de Zaan – 21 November 1812, Haarlem), was a Mennonite minister.
Biography[]
He was educated at the Amsterdam Mennonite seminary and served the congregations of Enschede 1763-1771 and Utrecht 1771-1786, where he started the Utrechtse Courant in 1782, a newspaper he edited himself. He then retired to devote more time to writing and studies and moved to Haarlem in 1788.[1] There he became friendly with Adriaan Loosjes, with whom he started the Algemeene Konst- en Letterbode voor meer of min geoefenden. He first married Alida Reesen, and after she died he married Maria Elisabeth van Vollenhove (1730–1811), the widow of the Remonstrant pastor , one of the founding members of Teylers First Society, which he joined himself from 1792. He wrote several religious works, including a catechism for children.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Cornelis de Vries Biography[permanent dead link] in the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
- (in Dutch) Cornelis de Vries author page on DBNL
- 1740 births
- 1812 deaths
- Mennonite ministers
- People from Zaanstad
- Members of Teylers Eerste Genootschap
- Dutch writers
- 19th-century Anabaptist ministers