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Gualtherus Johannes Cornelis Kolff

1826 – 1881

Dutch publisher and journalist

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About Gualtherus Johannes Cornelis Kolff

Lived 1826 – 1881 (aged 54–55). Gualtherus Johannes Cornelis Kolff was a Dutch journalist, publisher and lithographer.

Gualtherus Johannes Cornelis Kolff (8 November 1826 – 29 April 1881) was the co-founder of G. Kolff & Co., a publishing company in Batavia, Dutch East Indies of the Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad newspaper. Kolff was born in Gouda. His company also operated book shops. In the years after Indonesia became independent, the company moved to the Netherlands, and is now based mostly in Amsterdam and Leeuwarden. Kolff died in Leiden.

The abandoned G.J. Kolff & Co Bookstore (left) and Tjipta Niaga office (Internatio Building) of the Indonesia Trading Company (right)

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Important facts

Born
1826
Birth century
19th century
Died
1881
Occupation
Journalist, publisher, lithographer
Nationality
Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Dutch publisher and journalist (1826–1881)

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Gualtherus Johannes Cornelis Kolff was born in 1826.

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Gualtherus Johannes Cornelis Kolff died in 1881.

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Gualtherus Johannes Cornelis Kolff was a journalist, publisher and lithographer.

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Gualtherus Johannes Cornelis Kolff was Dutch.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Gualtherus Johannes Cornelis Kolff

· Wikidata: Q21069088

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