Willem Adolph
(Wim)
Visser 't Hooft
formerly 't Hooft
Born in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Franciscus ('t Hooft) Visser 't Hooft, Unnamed Infant 't Hooft and Hendrik Philip ('t Hooft) Visser 't Hooft
Husband of
Henriette Philippine Jacoba Boddaert
— married
16 Sep 1924 in 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
[children unknown]
Died
at age 84
in Genève, Genève, Suisse
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Wim ('t Hooft) Visser 't Hooft is geboren in Noord-Holland na 1811
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Nederlandse Biografie
Wim Visser 't Hooft werd geboren op 20 september 1900 in Haarlem in Nederland. Hij was de zoon van Hendrik Philip 't Hooft en Jacoba Clasina Lieftinck.[1] Hij had een tweelingbroer, die levenloos ter wereld kwam.[2]
In 1917 werd door zijn vader diens moeders achternaam Visser toegevoegd aan zijn achternaam, wat ook voor zijn nakomelingen gold. Daardoor werd zijn achternaam gewijzigd naar Visser 't Hooft.[3]
Op 16 september 1924 trouwde hij in 's-Gravenhage met Henriette Philippine Jacoba Boddaert.[4]
Hij was voorzitter van de Wereldraad van Kerken, die was gevestigd in Genève in Zwitserland. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog kon Wim vanuit dit het neutrale Zwitserland contacten onderhouden met Kerken in de bezette landen. Hij vormde hiermee een belangrijke schakel in het berichtenverkeer van de verzetsgroep Dutch-Paris. [3]
Wim overleed op 4 juli 1985 in Genève in Zwitserland.[3]
English Biography
Wim Visser 't Hooft was born on 20 September 1900 in Haarlem in the Netherlands. He was the son of Hendrik Philip 't Hooft and Jacoba Clasina Lieftinck.[1] In 1917 his father added his mother's surname Visser to his own surname, which also applied to his descendants. Hence his surname was changed to Visser 't Hooft[3]
On 16 September 1924 he married Henriette Philippine Jacoba Boddaert in The Hague.[4]
He was chairman of the World Council Of Churches, which was located in Geneva in Switzerland. During the Second World War Wim could maintain contacts with Churches in occupied countries from this neutral Switzerland. This way he formed an important link in the information stream of the resistance group Dutch-Paris.[3]
Wim passed away on 4 July 1985 in Geneva in Switzerland.[3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gemeente Haarlem, "Geboorteakte Willem Adolph 't Hooft," Burgerlijke Stand Haarlem, 21 september 1900, Noord-Hollands Archief
- ↑ Gemeente Haarlem, "Overlijdensakte Levenloos geboren zoon 't Hooft," Burgerlijke Stand Haarlem, 20 september 1900, Noord-Hollands Archief
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Wikipedia, Willem Visser 't Hooft
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gemeente 's-Gravenhage, "Huwelijksakte Willem Adolph Visser 't Hooft en Henriette Philippine Jacoba Boddaert," Burgerlijke Stand 's-Gravenhage, 16 september 1924, Haags Gemeentearchief
See also:
- Wikidata: Item Q574414, en:Wikipedia
- Wikidata: Item Q574414, nl:Wikipedia
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