Loman, Abraham Dirk

Dutch theologian; b. at The Hague, Sept. 16, 1823; studied at the Athenfeum of Amsterdam, the Luther an Seminary in the same city, and at Heidelberg; became pastor at Maastricht, 1846; then at Dev enter, 1849; profe or in the Luther an Seminary, Amsterdam, 1856; of theology in the Municipal University of Amsterdam, 1877! He has written numerous articles in the Gids and in the Theologisch Tijdschrifl, Amsterdam and Leiden, 1861 sqq. (of which he was one of the founders). He is the editor of various hymn-books, old national Dutch songs, and of other musical compositions; and the author of De german i Theolog i human it ate (his inaugural addre ), Amsterdam, 185&; and in Dutch of "Why s 273 eek the Living among the Dead? " 1862; " The Testimony of the Mura tori an Canon " (upon the Gospel of John), 1865; "Protestant ism and the Authority of the Church," 1868; "The Gospel of John: its Origin, First Readers, and its Acceptance in Antiquity," 1873.