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Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1799.

Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp: above, head and shoulders, wearing hat; below, as missionary preaching to Xhosa or Khoi-Khoi people. Line engraving by C. Pye.

Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp. Engraving after C. A. d'Hardiviller, 1835.

Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp. Stipple engraving, 1812.

Memoir of the Rev. J.T. van der Kemp, M.D., late missioanry in South Africa / By order of the Directors of the Missionary Society.

Dissertatio medica, exhibens cogitationes physiologicas de vita, et vivificatione materiae humanum corpus constituentis ... / publice defendendas auctori Joanni Theodoro Vander Kemp, Rotterodamo-Batavo.

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Dissertatio medica, exhibens cogitationes physiologicas de vita, et vivificatione materiae humanum corpus constituentis ... / publice defendendas auctori Joanni Theodoro Vander Kemp, Rotterodamo-Batavo.

Memoir of the Rev. J.T. van der Kemp, M.D., late missioanry in South Africa / By order of the Directors of the Missionary Society.