B.D. Dykstra
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Broer Doekeles (B.D.) Dykstra (1871 - 1955) was a Dutch-American pastor, educator, and poet who wrote several books and was an early 20th century leader in the Reformed Church in America.
Dykstra was born in Friesland in 1871 and was an avid pacifist. He was a student at Orange City Academy, now Northwestern College of Iowa in the late 19th century; today, the school offers the Dykstra-Muste-Nelson Peace Scholarship in his, A.J. Muste's, and Ronald R. Nelson's honor. He died in Orange City, Iowa in 1955.
