Jan Jacob van Oosterzee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jan Jacob van Oosterzee

Dutch theologian

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1817

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 29-Jul-1882

Profession: writer, poet, professor, theologian, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Jan Jacob van Oosterzee

  • Jan Jacob van Oosterzee (April 1, 1817 – July 29, 1882), Dutch divine, was born at Rotterdam.
  • He was educated at the University of Utrecht 1835–1839.
  • He was also known as Jan Jakob van Oosterzee, JJ van Oosterzee, or Johannes Jacobus van Oosterzee. After acting as pastor at Eemnes-Binnen 1841–43, Alkmaar 1843–44 and Rotterdam 1844–62, in 1863 he was made professor of biblical and practical theology at the University of Utrecht, with which he was variously connected until the end of his life.
  • Oosterzee earned a reputation as a preacher, was editor of the Theolog.
  • JahrbĂĽcher from 1845, wrote a number of noteworthy books on religious history, and published poems in Dutch (1882).

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