Adriaan Engelvaart

Adriaan Engelvaart
Adriaan Engelvaart.
Born(1812-06-30)June 30, 1812
Looperskapelle
DiedFebruary 3, 1893(1893-02-03) (aged 80)
The Hague
AllegianceNetherlands
RankCommander
Other workPolitician

Adriaan Engelvaart (30 June 1812, Looperskapelle – 3 February 1893, The Hague) was a Dutch military commander and politician.

Engelvaart was an infantry officer who served two periods as governor of the Koninklijke Militaire Academie in 1868-1871 and 1872-1876, spending the intervening period as minister of war in the cabinet of Johan Rudolph Thorbecke.[1]

References

  1. ^ Klooster, Vincent; Schoenmaker, Ben (20 June 2022). De vredelievendste oorlogsman: Levensschets en dagboeknotities van generaal J.C.C. den Beer Poortugael (1832-1913) (in Dutch). Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 62. ISBN 978-94-6455-007-8.