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Balthasar Bekker

Dutch theologian

Died when: 64 years 83 days (770 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Balthasar Bekker

Balthasar Bekker (20 March 1634 – 11 June 1698) was a Dutch minister and author of philosophical and theological works.Opposing superstition, he was a key figure in the end of the witchcraft persecutions in early modern Europe.

His best known work is De Betoverde Weereld (1691), or The World Bewitched (1695).


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