Paul Herman Felix Kuypers was a Dutch agriculture expert, widely known in Ierapetra as the "Dutchman". He is credited with introducing new planting techniques first on Syros island and later in Ierapetra, Crete. He came to Ierapetra in 1966 and co-operated with local farmers. He introduced greenhouse techniques there, revolutionizing agricultural methods. He settled in the town of Ierapetra along with his wife and a child. He died in a car accident on a highway near Ierapetra in 1971.

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  • Paul Herman Felix Kuypers was a Dutch agriculture expert, widely known in Ierapetra as the "Dutchman". He is credited with introducing new planting techniques first on Syros island and later in Ierapetra, Crete. He came to Ierapetra in 1966 and co-operated with local farmers. He introduced greenhouse techniques there, revolutionizing agricultural methods. He settled in the town of Ierapetra along with his wife and a child. He died in a car accident on a highway near Ierapetra in 1971. People in Ierapetra erected a bust of him on the road to Myrtos in his memory some years after his death. The Municipality of Ierapetra dedicated a street to his name.
  • Paul Herman Felix Kuijpers was een Nederlandse landbouwexpert, die in de jaren zestig van de twintigste eeuw nieuwe landbouwtechnieken introduceerde in Griekenland.
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  • Paul Herman Felix Kuypers was a Dutch agriculture expert, widely known in Ierapetra as the "Dutchman". He is credited with introducing new planting techniques first on Syros island and later in Ierapetra, Crete. He came to Ierapetra in 1966 and co-operated with local farmers. He introduced greenhouse techniques there, revolutionizing agricultural methods. He settled in the town of Ierapetra along with his wife and a child. He died in a car accident on a highway near Ierapetra in 1971.
  • Paul Herman Felix Kuijpers was een Nederlandse landbouwexpert, die in de jaren zestig van de twintigste eeuw nieuwe landbouwtechnieken introduceerde in Griekenland.
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  • Paul Kuypers
  • Paul Kuijpers
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