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Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate
1819Dec, 23

Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate

Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (d. 1889)
Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate (December 23, 1819 – December 24, 1889) was a Dutch divine, prose writer and poet.

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