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Cornelis Johannes Vos

1768 – 1819

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Lived 1768 – 1819 (aged 51). Cornelis Johannes Vos was a Dutch physician and politician.

Cornelis Johannes Vos (also known as Cornelius Johann Voss, Cornelius Johann Vos, Cornelius Joannes Vos; born 20 March 1768 in Montfoort, Utrecht; died 2 July 1819 in Batavia) was a Dutch physician and politician.

Life Vos was born one of nine children of Jacob Albert Vos and Jacoba Maria de Joncheere. His father was a Reformed pastor in Montfoort, became pastor in Zaltbommel on 26 June 1768, and was Professor of Theology at Utrecht University from 4 December 1769, to 20 January 1794. Vos matriculated at this university in 1788 and received his medical doctorate on 11 June 1789.

Around 1791, he was a physician in The Hague. In 1792, he was awarded the Cothenius Medal from the Imperial Academy of Natural Scientists (Leopoldina) for a paper on the "Über den richtigen Begriff und die zweckmäßige Behandlung der Krankheiten der ersten Wege" (On the correct terminology and appropriate treatment of diseases of the upper respiratory tract)

Career Vos, considered a moderate, was a member of the Provisional City Council from 25 January to 4 May 1795, and, following his election on 21 April 1795, a member of the Utrecht City Council from 4 May 1795, to 22 February 1796. From 24 November 1795, to 1 March 1796, he was a deputy for Utrecht in the States General of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces. Vos was a member of the government of the Department of Utrecht from 4 June 1802, to 1 August 1805 (re-elected on 18 August 1804) and from 29 September 1805, to May 1807.

Vos married Cornelia Adriana Johanna Vos, the daughter of Johannes Vos and Ida Wilhelmina Bake, in 1791.

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Cothenius Medal

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Who was Cornelis Johannes Vos?

(1768-1819)

When was Cornelis Johannes Vos born?

Cornelis Johannes Vos was born on 20 March 1768 in Montfoort.

When did Cornelis Johannes Vos die?

Cornelis Johannes Vos died on 2 July 1819 in Jakarta.

What was Cornelis Johannes Vos's occupation?

Cornelis Johannes Vos was a physician and politician.

What nationality was Cornelis Johannes Vos?

Cornelis Johannes Vos was Dutch.

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· Wikidata: Q1133566

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