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Leendert Hansma, b. 1861 at [[Dokkum (Friesland, Netherlands)|Dokkum]], d. 5 December 1940, at [[Assen (Drenthe, Netherlands)|Assen]], a Dutch Mennonite bookseller and printer at Assen. He published the [[Doopsgezind Jaarboekje|<em>Doopsgezind Jaarboekje</em>]] from its beginning (1901). He helped to establish a Mennonite fellowship circle, and soon after, a congregation at Assen, and for a number of years served as its secretary (1896-1926). He not only published the <em>Doopsgezind Jaarboekje</em> but also contributed to its contents; in a number of issues sketches are found signed H.V.A. (i.e., Hansma, van Assen).
= Bibliography =
<em>Doopsgezind Jaarboekje</em> (1942): 17 f. with portrait.
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