Editing Antonius Martin Paap

{{Infobox person
| name = Antonius Martin Paap
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1832|11|12|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1940|11|2|1832|11|12|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Kleve]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]
| occupation = Architect
| height = 1.97 m
| era = {{hlist|[[Stamvader Era]]|[[Pre-Vader Era]]|[[Vader Era]]}}
| title = [[Great Paap]]
| term = 27 August 1877 – 2 November 1940
| predecessor = [[Melchior Paap]]
| successor = [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]]
| spouse = [[Amalie Schroeter]]
| children = [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]]
| father = [[Melchior Paap]]
| family = [[Paap family]]
| module = {{Infobox military person
 | embed = yes
 | allegiance = [[Kingdom of Prussia]]
 | branch = [[Prussian Army]]
 | serviceyears = 1856–1859
 | rank = ''Unteroffizier''
 }}
}}

'''Antonius Martin Paap''' (12 November 1832 – 2 November 1940) was a Dutch architect who served as the second [[Great Paap]] from 27 August 1877 until his death. He studied architecture in [[Düsseldorf]] and spent most of his adult life in [[Kleve]]. From 1856 to 1859, he served in the [[Prussian Army]] before returning to architectural work. In 1887, he built the [[Martinoskerk]] in the [[Hoge Veluwe]].

== Early life and education ==

Antonius was born on 12 November 1832 as the eldest son of [[Melchior Paap]], the first Great Paap. Around 1851, he moved to Kleve in the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] and studied architecture in Düsseldorf.

During his studies, he met [[Amalie Schroeter]] in 1853. Amalie was receiving private instruction in architectural drawing and design in the same academic environment. Antonius completed his studies before they married on 12 December 1855.

== Military service ==

In 1856, Paap entered the Prussian Army as a foreign volunteer and retained his Dutch nationality. He spent three years in the infantry during peacetime and reached the rank of ''Unteroffizier''. After leaving active service in 1859, he returned to Kleve and resumed architectural work.

== Architecture and Great Paap ==

Melchior Paap died on 27 August 1877. Antonius became the second Great Paap that day under the family's primogeniture succession and took custody of the [[Book of Paap]]. Custody of the book passed through Melchior's direct line as part of the Great Paap title.<ref name="book-guardianship"/> Antonius preserved the book but did not expect the prophecy written by [[Martinos Nikolopoulos]] to occur literally.

In 1887, Paap built the [[Martinoskerk]].<ref name="martinus-later-life"/> The church stood in the [[Hoge Veluwe]] on Paap family land that later became part of [[Vriendendam]], and its name commemorated Martinos Nikolopoulos. It later became commonly known as the Paapkerk.

== Personal life and death ==

Antonius and Amalie's son, [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]], was born in Kleve on 8 November 1877. Antonius continued living there until his death on 2 November 1940 at the age of 107. Martinus succeeded him as Great Paap on the same day.<ref name="martinus-great-paap"/>

== See also ==
* [[Melchior Paap]]
* [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]]
* [[Great Paap]]
* [[Book of Paap]]
* [[Martinoskerk]]
* [[Paap family]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="book-guardianship">"[[Book of Paap#Guardianship|Guardianship]]". ''Book of Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="martinus-later-life">"[[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap#Imprisonment and later life|Imprisonment and later life]]". ''Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="martinus-great-paap">"[[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap#Great Paap|Great Paap]]". ''Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
}}

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