How to Pronounce Johannes Cornelis de Jonge
#50
Most Popular
Boost
May 09, 1793 Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands Died on 11 Jun 1853 (aged 60)
Dutch author
TaurusJohannes Cornelis De Jonge - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Johannes Cornelis De Jonge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About Johannes Cornelis De Jonge
- Jhr.
- Johannes Cornelis de Jonge (9 May 1793 in Zierikzee – 12 June 1853 in The Hague) was a Dutch Rijksarchivaris (Chief Archivist of the Dutch National Archives), historian, and politician.
- He is best known for his encyclopedic Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen, a naval history of the Netherlands that was based on the Dutch naval archives, a large part of which were destroyed in a fire in the archives of theDutch Department of the Navy in 1844.
- By default therefore this history had to come in the place of the lost primary documents.
