biography
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Visser 't Hooft, Willem Adolf
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pronunciation:
[tohft]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1900–85)
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| biography:
| Clergyman and ecumenist, born in Haarlem, The Netherlands. He studied theology at Leyden, and served young people's organizations until his appointment in 1938 as general secretary of what was to become the World Council of Churches (1948), a post he held until retirement in 1966. A versatile scholar who spoke several languages fluently, he wrote many books, among which were None Other Gods (1937), The Struggle of the Dutch Church (1946), and his Memoirs (1973). |
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