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Ulrich Gerard Lauts

Dutch diplomat (1787-1865)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ7879811 ↗
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Ulrich Gerard Lauts (Amsterdam, 19 May 1787 – Utrecht, Netherlands, 25 July 1865), originally a merchant, later a teacher and professor of Dutch language and literature at the Museum for Science and Arts in Brussels and later at the Royal Naval Institute in Medemblik. Lauts was an early protagonist of the cause of the South African Voortrekkers and Dutch migration to the new Boer republics.

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References

Ploeger, J. (1968). "Lauts, Ulrich Gerard". Suid Afrikaanse Biografiese Woordeboek. Vol. 1. pp. 488–489.

Spies, F.J. du Toit (1941).

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