The de Havilland Dominie operated until 1963. He was an officer of the church and the friend of Dominie Johannes Lydius. The minister sometimes served as the dominie. In Scottish English dominie is generally used to mean just schoolmaster. He meets the decayed laird of Ellangowan and his companion Dominie Sampson, a failed minister. Another classical school focusing on Latin started in 1826 at the home of Dominie Zabriskie. His father, also named Johannes, was a Protestant "dominie" or minister in Egmont-aan-Zee. The Hawker Siddeley Dominie was retired in 2011 after 45 years in service. The headmaster or "dominie" was often university educated and enjoyed high local prestige. Schaets was a son of Gideon Schaets, dominie of the Dutch Reformed Church at Albany. "Dominie" is the Lowland Scots term for a school master.