About Arent Tonko Vos
Lived 1875 – 1954 (aged 79). Arent Tonko Vos was a Dutch lawyer and politician.
Arent Tonko Vos (21 June 1875, in Appingedam – 22 November 1954 in Appingedam) was a Dutch lawyer, writer, and librettist, best remembered for his 1918 opera Saskia about Saskia van Uylenburgh and Rembrandt. A graduate of the University of Groningen, he also served as president of Brons. A member of the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, he also wrote plays and worked towards the conservation of the Gronings dialect.
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Dutch lawyer and politician (1875-1954)
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Arent Tonko Vos was born on 21 June 1875.
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Arent Tonko Vos died on 22 November 1954.
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Arent Tonko Vos was a lawyer and politician.
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