Frederik Lodewijk Rutgers (26 November 1836 – 19 March 1917) was a Dutch theologian and church historian.[1] He served as rector magnificus of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam five times.
Rutgers was born in Breede and received his doctorate from Leiden University in 1860.[2] He served as professor of church history and church law at the VU from 1879 to 1910. According to Arie van Deursen, he was "indispensable and priceless" to Abraham Kuyper:[3]
When Kuyper had laid out the main lines, he could leave the routine work to Rutgers. He dotted all the i's and found the right place for every comma.
References edit
- ^ Spohnholz, Jesse (2017). The Convent of Wesel: The Event that Never was and the Invention of Tradition. Cambridge University Press. p. 193. ISBN 9781107193116. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Frederick Lodewyk Rutgers Collection, 1896-1897". Calvin University. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ van Deursen, Arie (2008). The Distinctive Character of the Free University in Amsterdam, 1880-2005: A Commemorative History. Eerdmans. p. 17. ISBN 9780802862518. Retrieved 30 November 2023.