Cornelis Willem Opzoomer [SEP] occupation
Cornelis Willem Opzoomer
Cornelis Willem Opzoomer (20 September 1821, Rotterdam – 23 August 1892, Oosterbeek) was a Dutch jurist, positivist philosopher and theologian. He was professor of philosophy at Utrecht University from 1846 to 1889.
In 1856 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
External links.
- Short biography at the Dutch National Library site.
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History.
The Dutch Protestant Association NBP was established in 1870 by Cornelis Willem Opzoomer, Cornelis Tiele and others. It came as a reaction of liberal Protestants to the "Confessionele vereniging" (English: "The Confessional Association") created in 1864 and Orthodox Protestantism.
From the NBP came the "Centrale Commissie voor het Vrijzinnig Protestantisme" (English: "Central Committee for Liberal Protestantism") that established the VPRO (1926) and was involved in the "Leidse