Simon Frederik Hendrik Jan Berkelbach van der Sprenkel

1882–1967 (age 85)

Biography

Born in 1882, Simon Frederik Hendrik Jan Berkelbach van der Sprenkel devoted his life to the academy, guiding students with a thoughtful blend of scholarship and humanity during the tumultuous decades of the early twentieth century.

At Westerveld he is remembered as a patient mentor whose calm presence and insistence on intellectual curiosity inspired generations of scholars and preserved a spirit of collegiality.

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