Tan Eng Goan

Majoor Tan Eng Goan
Portrait of Tan Eng Goan
1st Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia
Mid-19th century (Leiden University)
Kapitein der Chinezen of Batavia
In office
1829–1837
Preceded byKapitein Ko Tiang Tjong
Succeeded byElevation to Majoor der Chinezen
ConstituencyBatavia
Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia
In office
1837–1865
Preceded byNew creation
Succeeded byMajoor Tan Tjoen Tiat
ConstituencyBatavia
Personal details
Bornc. 1802
Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Died17 September 1872
Patoakan, Batavia, Dutch East Indies
SpouseLie Pien Nio
RelationsLim Soe Keng Sia (son-in-law)
Kapitein Tan Jap Long (uncle)
Tan Liok Tiauw (great-grandson)
ChildrenKapitein Tan Soe Tjong (son)
Tan Bit Nio (daughter)
ParentKapitein Tan Peeng Ko (father)
OccupationMajoor der Chinezen, bureaucrat
Chinese name
Chinese
Hokkien POJTân Éng Goân
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Yǒng Yuán
Bopomofoㄔㄣˊ ㄩㄥˇ ㄩㄢˊ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhChern Yeong Yuan
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTân Éng Goân

Tan Eng Goan, 1st Majoor der Chinezen (Chinese: 陳永元; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Éng Goân; 1802 – 17 September 1872) was a high-ranking bureaucrat who served as the first Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia (now Jakarta), capital of colonial Indonesia.[1][2][3] This was the highest-ranking Chinese position in the civil administration of the Dutch East Indies.[2]

  1. ^ Almanak van Nederlandsch-Indië voor het jaar 1865 (in Dutch). Batavia: Lands Drukkery. 1865. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b Lohanda, Mona (1994). The Kapitan Cina of Batavia, 1837-1942. Jakarta: Djambatan. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  3. ^ Chen, Menghong (2011). De Chinese Gemeenschap van Batavia, 1843-1865: Een Onderzoek naar het Kong Koan Archief [The Chinese Community of Batavia: A Study of the Kong Koan Archives] (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. hdl:1887/14501. ISBN 9789087281335. Retrieved 10 February 2017.