Jr. Abm. (Abraham) Des Amorie van der Hoeven

Born in Rotterdam on February 15, 1821, he was the eldest son of the well-known Remonstrant minister and professor Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven. He studied at the Latin school in Amsterdam, then went on to study theology and literature, completing his training at Leiden before entering the Remonstrant ministry.

He became minister at Boskoop in 1844 and moved to Utrecht the following year. Contemporary and later reference works describe him as an eloquent preacher as well as a talented man of letters, and surviving records connect his name with sermons, theological work, prose, and poetry.

His career was cut short when he died in Utrecht on March 20, 1848, at just twenty-seven years old. Even so, his writings were collected and published after his death, suggesting that readers and admirers felt his work deserved a longer life than he was given.