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Kees Boeke

Dutch educator and author
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In full:
Cornelis Kees Boeke
Born:
Sept. 25, 1884, Alkmaar, Neth.
Died:
July 3, 1966, Abcoude (aged 81)

Kees Boeke (born Sept. 25, 1884, Alkmaar, Neth.—died July 3, 1966, Abcoude) was a Dutch educator, Quaker, and pacifist, who was the author of the children’s book Cosmic View (1957). Boeke grew up in Alkmaar, Neth., where his father was director of the local secondary school. While a student in civil engineering at the Delft University of Technology, he became a progressive Quaker and also became interested in missionary activities. During an interview to become head of a Quaker school in Syria, he met his future wife, Betty, the niece of George Cadbury, one of the founders of the Cadbury ...(100 of 365 words)

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