Jan van Hooff (politician)
Johan Frederik Rudolph "Jan" van Hooff (26 August 1755 – 13 June 1816, in
.Biography
Van Hooff was born in
In 1786 he founded the Vaderlandse Sociëteit Concordia (English: National Society Concordia) together with Amandus van Moorsel; this society was a social club in name, but a Patriot organization in reality. Several town notables joined this society.
In 1787 Jan van Hoff and several other Eindhoven Patriots traveled to Utrecht to join the Patriot Army. This army was defeated by the
In 1789 there was a failed, pro-French rebellion in the Southern Netherlands. Fearing that the insurrection would spread to the
Van Hooff became a member of the
He served as Minister for Justice and was a member of the State Council until 1810. He then retired and spent the rest of his life as a citizen without office. He died without having been married.
Monuments and statues
The city of Eindhoven commissioned Auke Hettema to make a statue of Van Hooff in 1981. The statue is currently on the Markt in Eindhoven.
References
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