page_title: Gorinchem
section_title: Public thinking & public service
hierarchical_section_title: Gorinchem / Notable natives and residents / Public thinking & public service
caption_attribution_description: English: Ida Gerhardt (1905-1997), Dutch poet, during the 1968 ceremony of the Martinus Nijhoff Prize, 26 January 1968
context_page_description: Gorinchem is water. It had a population of 36,682 in 2019.
  The municipality of Gorinchem also includes the population centre of Dalem.
context_section_description: John V, Lord of Arkel (1362–1428) stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and West Frisia
  Henry of Gorkum (ca.1378– 1431) a Dutch theologian
  Willem Hessels van Est (1542–1613) a Dutch Catholic theologian
  The Martyrs of Gorkum  a group of 19 Dutch Catholic clerics who were hanged in 1572
  Thomas van Erpe (1584–1624) a Dutch Orientalist, published a book of Arabic grammar 
  Dirk Rafelsz Camphuysen (1586–1627) theologian, poet, painter 
  Johannes van Neercassel (1625–1686) Archbishop of Utrecht 1661 to 1686.
  Hendrik Hamel (1630–1692) seafarer and writer
  Aegidius van Braam (1758–1822) a Dutch naval vice-admiral
  Pierre van Paassen (1895–1968) a Dutch–Canadian-American journalist, writer, and Unitarian minister
  Roger van Boxtel (born 1954) a retired Dutch politician and businessman, lives in Gorinchem
caption: Ida Gerhardt, 1968
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