Abraham Kuyper

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Abraham Kuyper was a Dutch theologian, journalist, and statesman who founded the Anti-Revolutionary Party and served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands, becoming a leading architect of neo-Calvinist thought.

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instanceOf Calvinist theologian
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
human
journalist
statesman
theologian
birthCountry Kingdom of the Netherlands
birthDate 1837-10-29
birthPlace Maassluis
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
deathDate 1920-11-08
deathPlace The Hague
denomination Reformed Churches in the Netherlands
educatedAt Leiden University
familyName Kuyper
fieldOfWork journalism
neo-Calvinism
political theory
theology
founded Anti-Revolutionary Party
De Heraut
De Standaard
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
fullName Abraham Kuijper
givenName Abraham
headOfGovernmentOf Netherlands
ideology Christian democracy
anti-revolutionary politics
influenced Cornelius Van Til
Dutch Reformed Churches
Herman Dooyeweerd
knownFor concept of sphere sovereignty
developing neo-Calvinist social and political thought
leadership of the Anti-Revolutionary Party
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
movement Dutch pillarization
neo-Calvinism
notableWork De Gemeene Gratie
Encyclopaedie der Heilige Godgeleerdheid
Lectures on Calvinism
Pro Rege
numberOfChildren 8
occupation journalist
politician
theologian
university professor
parliamentaryGroup Anti-Revolutionary Party
positionHeld Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Member of the Senate of the Netherlands
Minister of the Interior of the Netherlands
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
party leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party
rector magnificus of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
precededByAsPrimeMinister Nicolaas Pierson
religion Calvinism
Protestantism
spouse Johanna Hendrika Schaay
succeededByAsPrimeMinister Theo de Meester
termEndAsPrimeMinister 1905-08-17
termStartAsPrimeMinister 1901-08-01


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