Ton Koot
Illustration — The Ton Kootpenning Ton Koot (1907–1986) was secretary of the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum. He was vice-president of the Amsterdam Tourist Office and a prolific author. The Ton Kootpenning has been awarded since 1972 for services to the preservation of heritage and commitment to monument protection.
Ton Koot
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- Born
- Ton Koot was born on 1 March 1907. · Amsterdam.
- Died
- Ton Koot died on 12 February 1986. · Amsterdam.
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- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- writer · photographer · exhibition curator · medalist · museologist · historian
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Illustration — The Ton Kootpenning Ton Koot (1907–1986) was secretary of the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum. He was vice-president of the Amsterdam Tourist Office and a prolific author. The Ton Kootpenning has been awarded since 1972 for services to the preservation of heritage and commitment to monument protection.
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Ton Koot was an exhibition curator, historian and medalist, among other activities, of Dutch nationality. The exhibition curator was born in Amsterdam and died in Amsterdam. Ton Koot worked in Amsterdam and Nederland. Works are held at Anne Frank House, CODA Museum and Dutch Resistance Museum, among others.
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• Volg het spoor: Een boek voor en over Nederlandse voortrekkers, N.V. Wereldbibliotheek, Amsterdam 1935 (With illustrations by Titus Leeser) • Jamboree logboek 1937: officieel gedenkboek, 1937 • En nu Amsterdam in! Zwerftochten in en rondom Amsterdam. 1941. • Het Muiderslot, door Ton Koot, slotvoogd, Wereldbibliotheek, 1954. • Dat was te Muden: Te Muden hadde de Grave staende een huys: Geschiedenis van het Muiderslot. Meijer Pers, Wormerveer, 1967. • Amsterdam Übertragung aus dem Niederl. Knorr & Hirth, Munich & Hanover, 1968. • Langs de Amsterdamse grachten. c. 1973. • Amsterdam in Wintertooi. Baarn, Wereldvenster, 1975. • De glorie van Amsterdam. Elsevier, 1976.
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• Rembrandt's Night Watch: Its history and adventures. J.M. Meulenhoff, Amsterdam; Cassell & Co., London; 1949 • Spell of the Netherlands. Boom-Ruygrok, Haarlem, 1952. • Amsterdam as it is. Lankamp and Brinkman, 1955.
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Ton Koot was born at Amsterdam.
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Ton Koot died at Amsterdam.
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Before 1940 the subject of his publications was Scouting and camping, later the history and attractions of Amsterdam.
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