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Cornelis Douwes was a preacher of the Mennonite congregation (Jan Jacobsz group) on the Dutch island of [[Terschelling (Friesland, Netherlands)|Terschelling]] in the first decades of the 18th century. His grandson with the same name (b. 1712 at Terschelling, d. 1773 at [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]]) was director of the <em>Algemeen Zeemanscollegie </em>(School of Navigation) at Amsterdam. He was a man of great learning whose arithmetical theories in the field of nautical science were generally adopted and operative until the 19<sup>th</sup> century.
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Cornelis Douwes was a preacher of the Mennonite congregation ([[Janjacobsgezinden|Jan Jacobsz group]]) on the Dutch island of [[Terschelling (Friesland, Netherlands)|Terschelling]] in the first decades of the 18th century. His grandson with the same name (1712, Terschelling-1773, [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]]) was director of the <em>Algemeen Zeemanscollegie </em>(School of Navigation) at Amsterdam. He was a man of great learning whose arithmetical theories in the field of nautical science were generally adopted and operative until the 19<sup>th</sup> century.
 
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Crone, Ernst. <em>Cornelis Douwes, 1712-1773: zijn leven en zijn werk ; met inleidende hoofdstukken over navigatie en zeevaart-onderwijs in de 17de en 18de eeuw. </em>Haarlem: H. D. Tjeenk Willink &amp; zoon, 1941.
 
Crone, Ernst. <em>Cornelis Douwes, 1712-1773: zijn leven en zijn werk ; met inleidende hoofdstukken over navigatie en zeevaart-onderwijs in de 17de en 18de eeuw. </em>Haarlem: H. D. Tjeenk Willink &amp; zoon, 1941.
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Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. <em>Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam</em>, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: II, No. 361.
 
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. <em>Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam</em>, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: II, No. 361.
 
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Cornelis Douwes was a preacher of the Mennonite congregation (Jan Jacobsz group) on the Dutch island of Terschelling in the first decades of the 18th century. His grandson with the same name (1712, Terschelling-1773, Amsterdam) was director of the Algemeen Zeemanscollegie (School of Navigation) at Amsterdam. He was a man of great learning whose arithmetical theories in the field of nautical science were generally adopted and operative until the 19th century.

Bibliography

Crone, Ernst. Cornelis Douwes, 1712-1773: zijn leven en zijn werk ; met inleidende hoofdstukken over navigatie en zeevaart-onderwijs in de 17de en 18de eeuw. Haarlem: H. D. Tjeenk Willink & zoon, 1941.

Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: II, No. 361.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1956

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Douwes, Cornelis." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Douwes,_Cornelis&oldid=127443.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1956). Douwes, Cornelis. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Douwes,_Cornelis&oldid=127443.




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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 96. All rights reserved.


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