Jan Lodewijk Willem de Geer van Jutphaas

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Jan Lodewijk Willem baron de Geer van Jutphaas (born November 14, 1784 in Utrecht ; died November 3, 1857 there ) was a Dutch politician , botanist , writer and poet .

Live and act

Geer van Jutphaas was born in Utrecht in 1784 as the son of Barthold de Geer, Lord von Jutphaas and Jacoba Gijsberta Beatrix van Vianen, where he studied law and literature and received his doctorate in 1810 with Politices Platonicae principia . When the Netherlands was liberated in 1813, he was appointed a member of the Provisional Government of Utrecht and then elected to important positions. The Second Chamber of the States General appointed him on November 14, 1817 as their Griffier (chief of administration). On October 21, 1842, the unanimous election to the Griffier of the First Chamber took place . In 1850 he was dismissed from this office at his own request and Geer van Jutphaas withdrew from politics.

As a literary scholar, poet and botanist, he became known through numerous writings. As early as 1814 he published Spicilegium alterum plantarum Belgii Confoederati indigenarum, with Epistola ad Adrianum de Beyer , in which he described a hundred newly found native plants. His most important work is his book Lodewijk de Geer van Finspong en Leufsta, eene bijdrage tot de handelsgeschiedenis van Amsterdam. He also translated some works from Swedish.

Geer van Jutphaas remained celibate and died on November 3, 1857 in Utrecht.

Works

  • Politices Platonicae principia (Utrecht 1810)
  • Antecedents. Tweede kamer der Staten-Generaal 1817 – '34 (The Hague 1837)
  • Toevoegsels 1840 (The Hague 1840)
  • Nieuwe toevoegsels (The Hague 1842)
  • Lodewijk de Geer (1587-1652). Een bijdrage tot de Handelsgeschiedenis van Amsterdam in de 17e eeuw (The Hague 1834)

Awards

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literature

  • AJ van der Aa: Jan Lodewijk Willem Geer van Jutphaas. In Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden. Deel 7. JJ Van Brederode, Haarlem 1862, p. 66 f.
  • F. Jos. van den Branden, JG Frederiks: Mr. Jan Lodewijk Willem baron de Geer van Jutphaas. In Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde. LJ Veen, Amsterdam 1888-1891. P. 266
  • PJ Blok, PC Molhuysen: Geer van Jutphaas, Mr. Jan Lodewijk Willem baron de. In Nieuw Nederlandsch biographical woordenboek. Deel 3. AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1914. p. 434
personal data
SURNAME Geer van Jutphaas, Jan Lodewijk Willem de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Geer van Jutphaas, Jan Lodewijk Willem baron de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch politician, botanist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1857
Place of death Utrecht