Deventer (Dev`enter) , a town in Holland, in the province of Overyssel, 55 m. SE. of Amsterdam; has carpet manufactures; is celebrated for its gingerbread; was the locality of the Brotherhood of Common Life, with which the life and work of Thomas à Kempis are associated.
Population (circa 1900) given as 25,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Development * De Vere, Thomas AubreyLinks here from Chalmers
Abercromby, Sir Ralph
Cuper, Gisbert
Des Cartes, Rene
Deventer, Henry
Dieu, Lewis De
Forbes, John
Geldenhaur, Gerard Eobanus
Groenvelt, John
Gronovius, James
Gronovius, John Frederic
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