Willem Adolph Visser ’t Hooft

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Willem Adolph Visser ’t Hooft: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 15, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Sep 16, 2023
	Anniversary information added.		Jun 30, 2023
	Add new Web site: The New York Times - W.A. Visser 'T Hooft, Churchman, dies at 84.	Emily Rodriguez	Mar 27, 2017
	Add new Web site: Boston University School of Theology - History of Missiology - Biography of Willem A Visser t Hooft.	Emily Rodriguez	Mar 27, 2017
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998