Pedro Tirso Maria Sprockel
Deceased Person
1916 – 2007
Who was Pedro Tirso Maria Sprockel?
Pedro Tirso Maria Sprockel was active in the Dutch resistance during World War II.
Sprockel moved to the Netherlands when he was 15 and completed his education there. During World War II, his house was used as a shelter for Jews and allied pilots. He worked with two partners and classmates from the Netherlands Antilles, Boy Écury and Delfincio Navarro. His home was used as a stop for the underground escape route from Spain to England.
After the war, Sprockel, a linguist, set out to study and mainstream Papiamentu. During this time, he published many books, and was a co-author of the online dictionary Papiamentu.
He was married to Wilhelmina Gerardina Maria Dudar, and had 9 children: Rosemary, Peter, Marlies, Rob, Eddie, Noel, Tom, Marylin en Marianne.
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