Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff

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Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff was an 18th-century Dutch colonial governor of the Cape Colony, after whom the South African town of Graaff-Reinet is named.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colonial governor
human
centuryOfActivity 18th century
continentOfActivity Africa
continentOfCitizenship Europe
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
employer Dutch East India Company
VOC
ethnicGroup Dutch
familyName van de Graaff
fieldOfWork colonial administration
governance
givenName Cornelis
Jacob
languageSpoken Dutch
namedAfter Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff
namesakeOf Graaff-Reinet
notableFor being governor of the Cape Colony
being namesake of Graaff-Reinet
notableWork administration of the Cape Colony
occupation colonial governor
partOf Dutch colonial empire
placeOfActivity Cape Colony
South Africa
positionHeld Governor of the Cape Colony
Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony
residence Cape Town

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Graaff-Reinet namedAfter Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff
Graaff-Reinet namedAfter Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff
subject linked to: Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff