Wollebrant Geleynssen de Jongh
1594 – 1674
Merchant VOC
Curriculum vitae
| 1594 | born in Alkmaar on January 8 |
| 1613-1621 | (assistant) merchant in Banda and Halmahera, Maluku |
| 1623-1640 | chief merchant at Burharpur, Broach and Surat |
| 1640-1648 | director of trade in Persia |
| 1648 | return to the Netherlands |
| 1674 | died in Alkmaar on January 28 |
Sources
- Santen, H.W. van, VOC-dienaar in India: Geleynssen de Jongh in het land van de Groot-Mogol, Franeker 2001.
- Siebertz, Roman, Preise, Löhne und Lebensstandard im safavidischen Iran: eine Untersuchung zu den Rechnungsbüchern Wollebrand Geleynssen de Jonghs (1641-1643), Wien 2013.
Publications
1929 De remonstrantie van W. Geleynssen de Jongh, uitgegeven door W. Caland, ‘s-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff (Werken uitgegeven door de Linschotenvereeniging 31), 143 p.