Willem Adolph Visser 't Hooft was a Dutch theologian who became the first secretary general of the World Council of Churches in 1948 and held this position until his retirement in 1966.
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Awards 7
Connected to Willem 6
Friedrich SchorlemmerAlso won Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
Alois RiehlAlso won honorary doctorate from Princeton University
William H. GrayAlso won Four Freedoms Award - Freedom of Worship
Manfred LachsAlso won Wateler Peace PrizeWolf LepeniesAlso won Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
Simone CampbellAlso won Four Freedoms Award - Freedom of WorshipAbout this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1985 · aged 84
Written about in
14 languages
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