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Sybren Klazes Sybrandi (1772, Leeuwarden – 17 June, 1854,
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Sybren Klazes Sybrandi (1772, Leeuwarden – 17 June, 1854, Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...
) was a Dutch Mennonite teacher and minister.
He was trained at the Amsterdam Mennonite seminary and first served in Nijmegen 1805-1807 before moving to Haarlem where he became the father of the Sybrandi family of Haarlem Mennonites.Sybrandi familyon the
Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) is an online encyclopedia of topics relating to Mennonites and Anabaptism. The mission of the project is to provide free, reliable, English-language information on Anabaptist-related top ...
Sybrandi served in Haarlem in the church and the Algemeene Doopsgezinde Sociëteit (ADS) until retirement in 1849. From 1812 he was also a member of the Teylers First Society
Teylers Eerste Genootschap (English: ''Teyler's First Society''), also known as the Godgeleerd Genootschap (''Theological Society'') is one of the societies founded within the Teylers Stichting as a result of the will of the Dutch 18th-century me ...
. He retired in 1827 to become a director of Teylers Stichting. His son Klaas Sybrandi
Klaas Sybrandi (Haarlem, 18 November 1807 - Haarlem, 4 September 1872), also spelled as Sijbrandi, was a Dutch Mennonite minister, author, translator and involved with several societies and foundations.A.J. van der Aa et al. (1874)Biographisch w ...
later also filled these positions.
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