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Hendrik Becker (sometimes "Bekker") (3 August 1661, in Amsterdam – ca 15 August 1722, in Amsterdam) was the Governor of Ceylon from 1707 until 1716. Becker was the son of Johanna Rombouts and Hendirk Becker Sr, schepen of Amsterdam, a director of the Dutch West Indies Company and owner of a whaling fleet. Hendrik Jr joined the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) and sailed to the East Indies as captain of the ship de Voetboog. He was captain in the army at Japara on Java and from 1692 in Malabar in south-west India. In 1694 he moved to Ceylon, where he had a function in Negapatnam. He became extraordinary member of the Council of the Indies in 1705, and when in 1707 Cornelis Johannes Simonsz had requested a transfer from governor of Ceylon, he solicited for the position. He was appointed on 22

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  • هندريك بيكر (ar)
  • Hendrik Becker (en)
  • Hendrik Becker (fr)
  • Hendrik Becker (nl)
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  • هندريك بيكر هو ‏ هولندي، ولد في 3 أغسطس 1661، وتوفي في 22 أغسطس 1722. (ar)
  • Hendrik Becker est le 19e gouverneur du Ceylan néerlandais. (fr)
  • Hendrik Becker (sometimes "Bekker") (3 August 1661, in Amsterdam – ca 15 August 1722, in Amsterdam) was the Governor of Ceylon from 1707 until 1716. Becker was the son of Johanna Rombouts and Hendirk Becker Sr, schepen of Amsterdam, a director of the Dutch West Indies Company and owner of a whaling fleet. Hendrik Jr joined the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) and sailed to the East Indies as captain of the ship de Voetboog. He was captain in the army at Japara on Java and from 1692 in Malabar in south-west India. In 1694 he moved to Ceylon, where he had a function in Negapatnam. He became extraordinary member of the Council of the Indies in 1705, and when in 1707 Cornelis Johannes Simonsz had requested a transfer from governor of Ceylon, he solicited for the position. He was appointed on 22 (en)
  • Hendrik Becker (Amsterdam, 3 augustus 1661 – Amsterdam, 22 augustus 1722) was een militair en later fiscaal in dienst van de VOC. Van 1707 tot 1716 was hij gouverneur van Ceylon. Becker's vader, ook Hendrik geheten, was een reder in de walvisvaart. Ook was hij schepen en lid van de vroedschap (stadsbestuur) van Amsterdam en een neef van Christiaan Huygens. Hij woonde met zijn vrouw Johanna, een domineesdochter uit Batavia, aan de Herengracht. Vanaf 1671 was hij bewindhebber bij de Kamer van Amsterdam van de VOC. Ook was hij kapitein der burgerij. Misschien was dat laatste aanleiding voor de militaire loopbaan van zijn zoon. Die had ook de rang van kapitein toen hij op zijn 28ste, vlak na het overlijden van zijn vader in 1688, voor de Kamer van Amsterdam naar Indië ging. Daar werd hij op 13 (nl)
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