Beschrijving
Engraving of Jacob Paulus Amersfoordt. Jacob Paulus Amersfoordt (Amsterdam, July 4, 1817 – Haarlemmermeer, February 1, 1885) was a Dutch jurist, farmer, and administrator.
Jacob Paulus Amersfoordt was born in 1817 in Amsterdam, at a time when his father, Prof. Dr. Jacob Amersfoordt, was a professor of Oriental Languages and Semitic Literature in Harderwijk. His mother, Elisabeth Constantia Huysinga, came from a family of wealthy Amsterdam stockbrokers. Jacob studied law and literature at Leiden University. After completing his studies, he undertook a study trip on agricultural education to several European countries.
Engraving by Auguste Tilly. The paper includes a short passage describing Amersfoordt's biography.
