Johannes Petrus Hoogenboom (circa 1778 – 4 August 1808) was a colonial administrator on the Gold Coast, who served as acting governor-general of the Dutch Gold Coast between 21 July 1807 and his death on 4 August 1808.
Johannes Petrus Hoogenboom | |
|---|---|
| Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast | |
ad interim | |
| In office 21 July 1807 – 4 August 1808 | |
| Preceded by | Pieter Linthorst |
| Succeeded by | Jan Frederik König |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1778 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | (aged 30) St. George d'Elmina, Dutch Gold Coast |
Biography edit
Johannes Petrus Hoogenboom was born in Rotterdam to Johannes Petrus Hoogenboom senior and Catharina Schipperheijn. He was baptised on 4 May 1778 in Het Steiger.
He made a career in the colonial administration of the Dutch Gold Coast and became acting governor-general after the death of Pieter Linthorst. During his time in office the Dutch cemetery was constructed. In an ironic twist of fate, Hoogenboom became one of the first people interred in the Dutch cemetery, after he was murdered by an angry mob outside the officer's club in Elmina on 4 August 1808.[1][2][3][4]
Notes edit
- ^ Doortmont 2001, p. 26.
- ^ Klooster & Oostindie 2018, pp. 114–115.
- ^ Weijtingh 1855, pp. xi, 8, 77.
- ^ Jeekel 1869, p. 20.
References edit
- Doortmont, M.R. (2001). "An overview of Dutch relations with the Gold Coast in the light of David van Nyendael's mission to Ashanti in 1701-02". In Van Kessel, W.M.J. (ed.). Merchants, missionaries & migrants : 300 years of Dutch-Ghanaian relations. Amsterdam: KIT publishers. pp. 19–31. hdl:1887/4734.
- Jeekel, C.A. (1869). Onze bezittingen op de kust van Guinea. Amsterdam: C.F. Stemler.
- Klooster, W.; Oostindie, G.J. (2018). Realm Between Empires: The Second Dutch Atlantic, 1680-1815. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9781501719592.
- Weijtingh, D.P.H.J. (1855). Achttien jaren aan de Goudkust door Brodie Cruickshank, uit het Engelsch vertaald en met eene inleiding vermeerderd. Amsterdam: Weijtingh & Van der Haart.