Anthony Winkler Prins (30 or 31 January 1817 in

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– 4 January 1908 in

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) was a Dutch writer. He is remembered mostly for being chief editor of the ''

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'' encyclopedia. Besides being an

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, Winkler Prins (a double surname) was a "Doopsgezind" (

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) preacher. He also wrote editorials for many newspapers, as well as poetry. Winkler Prins studied science and literature in

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and later studied theology at the Doopsgezind Seminarium (Mennonite Seminary) in Amsterdam. From 1841 to 1850, he preached in the village of Tjalleberd. From 1850 to 1882, Winkler Prins preached in the northern town of

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, where he completed his encyclopedia in 1882. He was very important to the community, not just as a preacher, but also because he founded a high school, a seafaring school and a

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. After he retired as a preacher in 1882, he went to live with his daughter in Voorburg, where he died and was interred in 1908. A statue of Winkler Prins was erected outside the Veenkoloniaal Museum ("Peat Colony Museum") in Veendam in 1991; see photo. On 9 September 2005, the Museum had the remains of Winkler Prins and his wife Henderika reburied in the graveyard of the Reformed Church in Veendam. Winkler Prins' son Jacob (born in Tjalleberd on 5 February 1849, died at sea on 25 November 1907) was a poet (mostly of

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s) and a painter.

References

* Ellenbroek, Ellis (9 September 2005). ''Winkler Prins na 97 jaar terug in Veendam''. Trouw (Dutch newspaper), p. 7. * ''Grote Winkler Prins'' (encyclopedia; 7th edition, 1975). Amsterdam: Elsevier. . (This, his own encyclopedia, spells his first name as "Antony" and states he was born on 30 January, not 31.)

External links

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Winkler Prins Encyclopedia
(in

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)
High school founded by Winkler Prins
(in Dutch)

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