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Family of Hugo de Groot

On this day exactly 400 years ago – 22 March 1621 – a man fled from his imprisonment in Loevestein Castle. His name was Hugo de Groot or Hugo Grotius, one of the greatest legal scholars of all time. His escape became world famous: he hid in a book chest and was smuggled out of Read more…

Posted on March 22, 2021March 21, 2021 Author John Boeren Comment(0)
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Descendant of Nicolaas Lakeman reads his book

Two days ago we saw a post online about a book that Nicolaas Lakeman wrote in 1653. The author believed she was a descendant of this doctor, who lived in Amsterdam. We were curious and asked her for more details. “I was tracing back my paternal grandmother’s line and was curious about the surname ‘Lakeman’ Read more…

Posted on July 29, 2020August 17, 2020 Author John Boeren Comment(0)

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