Bogermann, JOHANN

Bogermann, JOHANN, the president of the famous Synod of Dort, was born in 1576, at the Frisian village of Oplewert. After studying at Heidelberg and Geneva, he became pastor at Leeuwarden, and soon distinguished himself by the active part he took in the hot religious controversies of his time, especially that against Arminius. In 1618 he was elected president of the Synod of Dort; but his name is now remembered only for the translation of the Bible into the vernacular, mainly by him, which soon became the standard Dutch version. He died in 1633, at Franeker, where he was primarius professor of Divinity.