Boer, Geert E.
Description
Geert Egberts Boer was born in Roderwolde, Drenthe, the Netherlands. A graduate of the Theological School at Kampen, the Netherlands in 1864, he served churches in Sappemeer and Niezijl, and accepted a call from the (First) Grand Rapids (Michigan) Christian Reformed Church in 1873. The denomination's General Assembly (Synod) called him to assume the first full-time instruction of theological students in 1876. Since the General Assembly (now Synod) had not made provisions for a place of instruction, the Grand Rapids congregation offered the use of the second floor of its school on Williams Street for a nominal $52 annually rent. On March 15, 1876, with Boer's own books as the library, the Theological School (now Calvin Theological Seminary) opened. The curriculum, modeled after that at the Theological School in Kampen , was six years long, divided evenly between literary and theological courses.
Original Date
1832-1904
Digitized Date
Fri, 02/02/2001
Original Media
image
Original Format
image/photograph
Digital Format
image/tif
Local Identifier
hh244
Source
Heritage Hall Photo
Copyright
Archives, Calvin College