President of the famous Synod of Dort, born in the Frisian village of Oplewert. After studying at Heidelberg and Geneva, be became pastor at Leeuwarden, and soon distinguished himself by the active part he took in the 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 for the translation of the Bible into the vernacular, mainly by him, which soon became the standard Dutch version. He died at Franeker, where he was primarius professor of divinity.
