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Kempis

Kempis is a surname, and may refer to:

  • Gus Kempis (1865–1890), South African Test cricketer
  • Nicolaes a Kempis (d. 1676), composer
  • Joannes Florentius a Kempis (1635 – c.1711), Baroque composer, son of Nicholaus à Kempis
  • Thomas à Kempis (c.1380 – 1471), late Medieval Catholic monk

Usage examples of "kempis".

The most probable author, however, especially when the internal evidence is considered, is Thomas Haemmerlein, known also as Thomas a Kempis, from his native town of Kempen, near the Rhine, about forty miles north of Cologne.