I. John Hesselink, Date of Birth, Date of Death

I. John Hesselink

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1928

Date of Death: 28-Oct-2018

Profession: academic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ira John Hesselink Jr.
(March 21, 1928 – October 28, 2018) was an American theologian, born Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
An expert in John Calvin was Albertus C.
Van Raalte Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan.
After his retirement, he was an honorary professor and continued to write a few books on John Calvin and lectures in Europe, South Korea and Japan.
He was a Dutch American theologian who served as a missionary in Japan after receiving theological education at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan.
He wrote a book on Calvin's Catechism and several books and papers.
In his book on Calvin in the Cambridge Theologian Series, he wrote a paper on Calvin's theology.
He was also president of Karl Barth Society of North America founded in October 1972 in Toronto by a group of Canadian and American scholars of Karl Barth, inspired by his son Markus Barth.