Balthasar Bekker
'''Dutch minister''' and author
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Life
Bekker was born in Metslawier (Dongeradeel) as the son of a German pastor from Bielefeld. He was educated at Groningen, under Jacob Alting, and at Franeker. Becoming the rector of the local Latin school, he was appointed to his satisfaction in 1657 as a pastor in Oosterlittens (Littenseradiel), and started as one of the first to preach on Sunday afternoon.
From 1679, he worked in Amsterdam, after being driven from Friesland. In 1683, he traveled to England and France. In two months, Bekker visited London, Cambridge, Oxford, Paris, and Leuven, with a great interest in the art of fortification.
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Later life
In July 1698 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. He died in Amsterdam.