Wouter van Twiller

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Dutch colonial administrator human politician

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

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch colonial administrator → human → politician →
appointedBy	Dutch West India Company →
countryOfCitizenship	Dutch Republic →
dateOfBirth	1606 →
dateOfDeath	1654 →
educatedAt	University of Leiden →
employer	Dutch West India Company →
endTime	1638 as Director-General of New Netherland →
ethnicGroup	Dutch →
fieldOfWork	colonial administration → trade and commerce →
genre	colonial governance →
hasHonorificPrefix	Director-General →
knownFor	early governance of New Netherland → land acquisitions in New Netherland →
memberOf	Dutch Reformed Church →
nativeLanguage	Dutch →
notableEvent	conflict with English over Fort Good Hope → construction and expansion of Fort Amsterdam → dispute with David Pietersz. de Vries → purchase of additional lands on Manhattan Island →
notableWork	administration of New Netherland →
occupation	Director-General of New Netherland → colonial administrator →
partOf	Dutch colonial empire →
placeOfBirth	Dutch Republic → Gelderland NERFINISHED → Nijkerk NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	Amsterdam → Dutch Republic →
positionHeld	Director-General of New Netherland → governor of New Netherland →
relative	Kiliaen van Rensselaer →
religion	Calvinism →
replacedBy	Willem Kieft →
replaces	Peter Minuit →
residence	Amsterdam → New Amsterdam → New Netherland →
saidToBeTheSameAs	Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland →
startTime	1633 as Director-General of New Netherland →
workLocation	New Amsterdam → New Netherland →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Willem Kieft →	predecessor