Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger | |
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Born | Hazerswoude, Netherlands | 17 January 1867
Died | 19 March 1951 Scheveningen, Den Haag, Netherlands | (aged 84)
Occupation(s) | Botanist, politician |
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Children | 3, including |
Minister of the Colonies of the Netherlands | |
In office 8 March 1926 – 10 August 1929 | |
Preceded by | Charles Welter |
Succeeded by | Simon de Graaff |
Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger (17 January 1867 – 19 March 1951) was a Dutch biologist and politician. He spent much of his life in the Dutch East Indies, where he wrote extensively about the flora and fauna of Java. He was extensively involved in the Lands Plantentuin in Buitenzorg (now the Bogor Botanical Gardens in Bogor), serving as its director between 1910 and 1918. In politics, he served as the first chairman of the Volksraad (1918–1919), as well as Minister of the Colonies under Dirk Jan de Geer (1926–1929). An independent, he had liberal leanings and allowed more indigenous representation in governance.