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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Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff canonical 2

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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