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Dirk van Hogendorp

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Born:
Oct. 13, 1761, Hoenvliet, Neth.
Died:
Oct. 29, 1822, Rio de Janeiro (aged 61)
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Dirk van Hogendorp (born Oct. 13, 1761, Hoenvliet, Neth.—died Oct. 29, 1822, Rio de Janeiro) was a Dutch statesman and official of the Dutch East India Company who tried to incorporate the liberal ideas of the French Revolution into Dutch colonial policy and thereby stimulated wide controversy. Trained as a soldier, van Hogendorp went to the Indies in 1783 on a naval expedition, and three years later he was hired by the Dutch East India Company as a commercial agent in Patna, India, where he became familiar with the British system of direct administration and taxation during his two-year stay. ...(100 of 243 words)

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