Hendrik Jan Elhorst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hendrik Jan Elhorst

Dutch Mennonite minister

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1861

Place of Birth: Wisch, Gelderland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 21-Mar-1924

Profession: university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Hendrik Jan Elhorst (29 October 1861, Wisch, Gelderland – 21 March 1924, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Mennonite teacher and minister. He was trained at the gymnasium in Deventer and then at the Amsterdam Mennonite seminary and first served in Irnsum (Friesland) 1887-1888, Arnhem 1888-1898, The Hague 1898-1900, before being called in 1900 to serve in the Doopsgezinde kerk, Haarlem, where he became a member of the Teylers First Society in 1902.
Van Gelder became a professor in the University of Amsterdam 1906-1924.
He was one of the founders and editors of Teylers Theologisch Tijdschrift.