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2 unusual facts about Johannes van der Kemp


Johannes van der Kemp

The second son of Cornelius van der Kemp, Rotterdam's leading reformed clergyman, and Anna Maria van Teylingen, he attended the Latin schools of Rotterdam and Dordrecht.

Armed with a background in European and classical philology, he pioneered in the study of Xhosa and Khoikhoi languages.



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