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Herman Broese van Groenou, b. 19 February 1822 at [[Kampen (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Kampen]], was a son of Jacobus Adolf Broese and Geertruide van Groenou. He studied at the University of [[Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Utrecht]] and the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Theological Seminary (Kweekschool)|Amsterdam Mennonite Seminary]] and in 1847 became preacher at [[Medemblik (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Medemblik]]; in 1852 he went to [[Aardenburg (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Aardenburg]]. On 19 August 1883 he preached his farewell sermon in Aardenburg and retired to [[Leiden (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Leiden]], where he died 12 July 1894. The <em>[[Doopsgezinde Bijdragen|Doopsgezinde Bijdragen]] </em>published his historical studies on the Aardenburg congregation under the title, "Uit het verleden der Doopsgezinde gemeente te Aardenburg," (1876-1884) and "Verklaring van een ouden scheldnaam der Doopsgezinden" (1882). Under the pen name Herman he wrote articles for the periodicals <em>Nederland</em> (1851), <em>Album van schoone Künsten, Kunstkroniek, Drenthina, Evangeliespiegel, Evang. Penningmagazijn, </em>and also wrote about den Reynaert and about a painting by Ary Scheffer, "Christus als Vergelder" (1851).
= Bibliography =
Broese van Groenou, Herman.<em class="gameo_bibliography"> Doopsgezinde Bijdragen</em>(1876): 80-115; (1877): 1-42; (1879): 14-53; (1881): 1-33; (1882): 34-40; (1883): 1-29; (1884): 32-63.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 271.

Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. <em>Het protestantsche vaderland: biographisch woordenboek van protestantsche godgeleerden in Nederland, </em>8 vols. Utrecht, 1903-1918: v. I, 644-645.
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