Albertus van Raalte
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Albertus Christiaan van Raalte (born October 17, 1811, Wanneperveen, Netherlands; died July 27, 1876, Holland, Michigan) was an 19th century pastor in the Reformed Church in America. He led the Dutch immigrants who founded the city of Holland, Michigan in 1846 and established the school that would become Hope College. He was involved in the 1857 Secession of the Christian Reformed Church from the Reformed Church in America.
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