Gijsbert Haan

Gijsbert Haan (or Gysbert Haan) (January 3, 1801 - July 27, 1874) was the leader of the 1857 Secession of Dutch-Americans from the Reformed Church in America. He was the creator of the Christian Reformed Church in the United States and Canada. Haan was born in Hilversum, North Holland, the Netherlands and died of liver disease in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Category:1801 births
Category:1874 deaths
Category:American Calvinists
Category:American Christian clergy
Category:Dutch Calvinists
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Category:People from Hilversum
Category:19th-century American people