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named. The two younger brothers worked with goods of painted silk
which was a popular and expensive import into Europe.

Abraham began his career as an apothecary, living in the artist's quarter of
Utrecht. He was enrolled in the medical school in Utrecht and was
graduated on May 11 of 1666. He was given the turbulent assignment of
Secretary (of Food Production Planning?) in 1672, which propelled him to
public fame. After this, his political interests inspired him to write several
significant works about political events and about his theories of political
and religious issues. His many works brought him celebrity and a place in
Dutch political history.

He wrote about the Tribunal's persecution of religious evangelism in
Hungary; about the old and new pressures bearing upon Christians; and
about the facts and theories of theology. He wrote about the battles of
the Prince of Orange to restore English religious freedom. He wrote of the
Reformation in Hungary and Sweden. He also edited and added his
observations to a book about Bor's Netherland War. In an entirely
different subject, he was a contributor to a book about the botany of
Malabar India, which was published in several parts during the 1680's.

Petrus van Poot
1600's (estimated circa 1615 - 1690)

This brother of Abraham van Poot was an important Christian minister and
writer, and is recorded in the histories of the Netherlands. His books were
published in Leiden. The titles of his works are in Latin and I am not
confident in my translations. The works are dated from 1655 to 1688 and
are about theological disputes.

A. van der Poot

An early Dutch painter.

Albert Poot
died 1676

An important minister and religious author.

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