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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Dutch minister and author
A.K.A.
Gerardus Croese
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
26 April 1642
Death:
10 May 1710
The details
Biography
Introduction
Gerard Croese (26 April 1642, Amsterdam – 10 May 1710, Dordrecht) was a Dutch Reformed minister and author. He is now remembered as an early historian of the Society of Friends, with his Historia Quakeriana (1695). It is considered sympathetic, in general terms, but neither uncritical nor entirely reliable.
Life
Croese was born in Amsterdam. He studied at Leiden University, under Johann Friedrich Gronovius, Georgius Hornius, Johannes Cocceius and Johannes Hoornbeek. After university he spent time in Smyrna, and visited England. He settled as a minister at Alblas, near Dordrecht.