Gerard Croese

Historia Quakeriana, title page

Gerard Croese (1642–1710) 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.[1]

Life

Croese was born in Amsterdam.[2] 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.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Robert Collis (9 December 2011). The Petrine Instauration: Religion, Esotericism and Science at the Court of Peter the Great, 1689-1725. BRILL. p. 426. ISBN 90-04-21567-0.
  2. ↑ Joseph Thomas (1 January 2010). The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology: Clu-hys. Cosimo, Inc. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-61640-070-5.
  3. ↑ Memoires Pour Servir A L'Histoire Litteraire Des Dix-Sept Provinces Des Pays-Bas, De La Principauté De Liege, Et De Quelques Contrées Voisines (in French). Imprimerie Academique. 1765. p. 515.
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