William Eerdmans
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1880 – 1966
Who was William Eerdmans?
William Bernard Eerdmans was a Dutch American publisher known for the William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Eerdmans was born "Wiltje Eerdmans", the son of Dirkje Pars and the textile manufacturer Bernardus Dirk Eerdmans. He immigrated to the United States in 1902, heading for Grand Rapids, Michigan, a center of 19th century Dutch immigration and Calvinism. In 1911 with his partner, Brant Sevensma, Eerdmans formed the Eerdmans-Sevensma book dealership, specializing in theological textbooks. In 1915, Sevensma left, and Eerdmans continued as sole owner of the renamed William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Over his career Eerdmans published books by authors including C. S. Lewis, Karl Barth, Richard J. Neuhaus, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Richard Mouw, Martin Marty, Rowan Williams, Joan Chittister, Dorothy Day, and many others.
After his death in 1966, he was succeeded by his son, William B. Eerdmans Jr.
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- Born
- 1880
- Also known as
- William Eerdmans
- William B. Eerdmans
- Died
- 1966
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on July 23, 2013
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