Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist
Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist (20 February 1809 – 3 December 1887) was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1851 to 1856.[1]
Portrait of Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist in 1861
Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist | |
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 Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist in 1861 | |
| Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies | |
| In office 15 May 1851 – 22 May 1856 | |
| Monarch | William III |
| Preceded by | Jan Jacob Rochussen |
| Succeeded by | Charles Ferdinand Pahud |
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| Born | 20 February 1809 Deventer, Kingdom of Holland |
| Died | 3 December 1887 (aged 78) Diepenveen, Netherlands |
Legacy
The fish Yellow-breasted wrasse, Anampses twistii was named after him.[2]
References
- (in Dutch) Mr. A.J. Duymaer van Twist, Parlement & Politiek; retrieved 17 January 2015.
- Bleeker, P. (1856). "Beschrijvingen van nieuwe en weinig bekende vischsoorten van Amboina, verzameld op eene reis door den Molukschen Archipel, gedaan in het gevolg van den Gouverneur Generaal Duymaer van Twist, in September en Oktober 1855". Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae (in Dutch). 1: 1–72, 73–76.
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