Frederik Willem Fennekol

Frederik Willem Fennekol (circa 1761 – 23 January 1837) was a Dutch jurist and politician.

Biography Frederik Willem Fennekol was born in Elmina on the Dutch Gold Coast to Johann Christiaan Fennekol, an official of the Dutch West India Company originally from Hamburg, and the African woman Eviba Maij. In contrast to his three sisters, who remained on the Gold Coast their entire lives, Frederik Willem Fennekol was sent by his father to the Netherlands at a very young age, and never returned to the Gold Coast.

Frederik Willem Fennekol grew up in Amsterdam with Johannes van Gessel, a friend of his father's, and was baptised in the Amstelkerk in 1768.

Reputation Fennekol was one of the few public servants who out of principle refused to work under King Louis Napoleon and later King William I. The nineteenth century writer Conrad Busken Huet had little sympathy for Fennekol's principled stance. The twentieth century historian Cor de Wit was much more understanding of Fennekol's republican ideals, however.

Personal life Fennekol married Johanna Thuret (1763–1834) on 19 April 1786. They had three daughters that survived infancy.

Publications Proeve over de kust van Guinea: houdende eene poging tot onderzoek, hoe, en in hoeverre, dat land tot eene ware volkplanting zou kunnen gevormd worden (1831)