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Jan Gerrit Appeldoorn was born 12 November 1861 at [[Harlingen (Friesland, Netherlands)|Harlingen]], and died 7  February 1945 at [[Bilthoven (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Bilthoven]]. He was educated at the [[Amsterdam, University of (Amsterdam, Netherlands)|University]] and the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Theological Seminary (Kweekschool)|Mennonite seminary at Amsterdam]], and became a ministerial candidate in 1888. He was a minister in the Mennonite congregations of [[Gorredijk (Friesland, Netherlands)|Gorredijk]]-[[Lippenhuizen (Friesland, Netherlands)|Lippenhuizen]] (1889-1904) and [[Emden (Niedersachsen, Germany)|Emden]] (1904-1916). On 22 January 1903 he received the Th.D. degree with his thesis: <em>De leer der sympathie bij David Hume en Adam Smith </em>(<em>The doctrine of sympathy as found in David Hume and Adam Smith</em>). In 1916 he became professor at the university and the Mennonite seminary at Amsterdam and gave lectures on philosophy of religion until his retirement in 1931 at the age of 70.
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