Albert Boer (1935 – 3 October 2002) was a Dutch author who was known primarily as the author of ''Kamp Schoorl,'' a Dutch-language book about the

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of the same name. Boer was born in

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, Netherlands in 1935. He came to the United States in the mid-1950s and studied at

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and

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(now Clark Atlanta University). He worked in the civil rights movement including Settlement Houses (United South End Settlements, Franklin-Wright Settlement and Elizabeth Peabody House). He was an accomplished sculptor in wood, clay and bronze; for example, he made the sculpture of

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in the

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. He lived in two houseboats, one in

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and one in

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, Nederlands. Boer moved back to the Netherlands in the mid-1980s and bought a

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(a type of

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) which he named the Sneeuwgans (the

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). He then wrote the book ''Kamp Schoorl.'' He also published an english-language book in 1966 which was a chronology of the United South End Settlements (USES) titled ''The Development of USES.'' The book covered the history of USES in the period of 1891–1966 and they sponsored him to write it. He was also interviewed by Ed Logue, the city planner for a historical and community organizer prospective of the South End community and the changes he saw happen in his work as a worker and later as a Program Director of the Lincoln House in 1976. He died on 3 October 2002 in

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, Netherlands.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boer, Albert 1935 births 2002 deaths Dutch male writers People from Beverwijk People from Schoorl