Ahasverus Samuel "Asser" van Nierop (Hebrew: אחשוורוש שמואל ואן נירופ; 24 January 1813 – 15 May 1878) was a Dutch Jewish jurist, politician and member of parliament.
Ahasverus Samuel van Nierop | |
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| Member of House of Representatives for Hoorn | |
| In office May 12, 1852 – April 26, 1853 | |
| Monarch | William III |
| Prime Minister | Floris Adriaan van Hall |
| Member of House of Representatives for Haarlem | |
| In office September 19, 1864 – October 1, 1866 | |
| Monarch | William III |
| Prime Minister | Floris Adriaan van Hall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 24, 1813 Hoorn, Holland, First French Empire |
| Died | May 15, 1878 (aged 65) Amsterdam, North Holland, Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Resting place | Muiderberg |
| Spouse |
Rachel Salvador (m. 1843) |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
Biography
editVan Nierop studied law at the Amsterdam Athenæum and received a Doctor of Law degree from Leiden University in 1839. He established himself as a prominent lawyer in Amsterdam, where he advocated for synagogue reform in the 1840s.[1]
In 1851 he was elected member of the House of Representatives, but failed to secure reelection in 1853. He returned as a representative for the Haarlem district between 1864 and 1866. In 1870 he was elected member of the Amsterdam Municipal Council and in 1875 member of the Provincial Council of North Holland.[2]
Nierop was president of the Centrale Commissie and of the Permanente Commissie, in which capacity he did much for the Jews in Holland, and served on the Nederlands Israëlitisch Kerkgenootschap. He wrote a large number of articles in the Weekblad voor het Recht and in Themis on commercial law, and was also a contributor to the Jaarboeken voor Israelieten in Nederland, signing his articles "N."[2]
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; Slijper, E. (1905). "Nierop, Ahasverus Samuel van". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 302.
- ^ Brasz, C. (2012). "Dutch Jewry and its Undesired German Rabbinate". The Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook. 57 (1): 73–86. doi:10.1093/leobaeck/ybs008.
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Singer, Isidore; Slijper, E. (1905). "Nierop, Ahasverus Samuel van". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 302.
External links
edit- Van Nierop at Parliament.com
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