Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist (20 February 1809 – 3 December 1887) was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1851 to 1856.[1]
Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist | |
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 Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist in 1861 | |
| Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies | |
| In office 15 May 1851 – 22 May 1856 | |
| Monarch | William III |
| Preceded by | Jan Jacob Rochussen |
| Succeeded by | Charles Ferdinand Pahud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 February 1809 Deventer, Kingdom of Holland |
| Died | 3 December 1887 (aged 78) Diepenveen, Netherlands |
Taxon named in his honor
edit- The fish yellow-breasted wrasse, Anampses twistii was named after him.[2]
- Iniistius twistii, the Redblotch razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean.[3]
References
edit- ^ (in Dutch) Mr. A.J. Duymaer van Twist, Parlement & Politiek; retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ Bleeker, P. (1856). "Beschrijvingen van nieuwe en weinig bekende vischsoorten van Amboina, verzameld op eene reis door den Molukschen Archipel, gedaan in het gevolg van den Gouverneur Generaal Duymaer van Twist, in September en Oktober 1855". Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae (in Dutch). 1: 1–72, 73–76.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (i-x)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
External links
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