Carel Asser
(1780-1836)
Honours
Order of the Netherlands Lion (Netherlands)[I7]
Positions Held
Secretary to the Department of Justice, Netherlands[I7]
Member of the Supreme Committee on Israelite Affairs, 1814-36†,
president 1828[P5A]
JP in Amsterdam, 1811[I7]
Main Events
A jurist, and writer.[I7]
Founder of the Charity Board of the Ashkenazi community in Amsterdam[P5A]
Leading figure in the struggle for the emancipation of Dutch Jews.[I7]
Place of birth: Amsterdam[I7]
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