Gerard Croese
Dutch minister and author (1642-1710), owner/creator of the album amicorum of Gerard Croese
About Gerard Croese
Lived 1642 – 1710 (aged 68). Gerard Croese was a christian minister and autobiographer.
Gerard Croese (26 April 1642, Amsterdam – 10 May 1710, Dordrecht) was a Dutch Reformed minister and author. He is now remembered as an early historian of the Society of Friends, with his Historia Quakeriana. It is considered sympathetic, in general terms, but neither uncritical nor entirely reliable.
Life Croese was born in Amsterdam. He studied at Leiden University, under Johann Friedrich Gronovius, Georgius Hornius, Johannes Cocceius and Johannes Hoornbeek. After university he spent time in Smyrna, and visited England. He settled as a minister at Alblas, near Dordrecht.
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Who was Gerard Croese?
Dutch minister and author (1642-1710), owner/creator of the album amicorum of Gerard Croese (1642–1710)
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Gerard Croese was born on 26 April 1642 in Amsterdam.
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Gerard Croese died on 10 May 1710 in Dordrecht.
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Gerard Croese was a christian minister and autobiographer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Gerard Croese. https://biography.guide/gerard-croese/
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