Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland

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Wouter van Twiller was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator who served as Director of the New Netherland colony for the Dutch West India Company.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch person
colonial administrator
human
appointedBy Dutch West India Company
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
dateOfBirth 1606
dateOfDeath 1654
educatedAt possibly Leiden (unconfirmed)
employer Dutch West India Company
endTime 1638
endTime (Director of New Netherland) 1638
ethnicGroup Dutch
fieldOfWork colonial governance
trade
gender male
languageSpoken Dutch
memberOf Dutch Reformed Church
notableEvent accusations of mismanagement and corruption
conflicts with English settlers in Connecticut
disputes over Fort Good Hope
land purchases on Manhattan Island
notableFact had family connections to major patroon Kiliaen van Rensselaer
his administration was criticized for weakness and self-interest
returned to the Netherlands after dismissal as director
served as a clerk for the Dutch West India Company before becoming director
notableWork New Netherland
surface form: administration of New Netherland
occupation colonial administrator
merchant
officeContested governor of New Netherland
partOf Dutch colonial empire
placeOfBirth Dutch Republic
Gelderland
Nijkerk NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Amsterdam
Dutch Republic
positionHeld Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Director of New Netherland

Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Director-General of New Netherland
relative Kiliaen van Rensselaer
religion Calvinism
replacedBy Willem Kieft
replaces Peter Minuit
residence Amsterdam
New Amsterdam
startTime 1633
startTime (Director of New Netherland) 1633
workLocation New Amsterdam
New Netherland

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Wouter van Twiller saidToBeTheSameAs Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland
Peter Minuit positionHeld Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland
this entity surface form: Director-General of New Netherland
Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland positionHeld Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Wouter van Twiller
this entity surface form: Director of New Netherland
Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland positionHeld Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Wouter van Twiller
this entity surface form: Director-General of New Netherland