Hubertus van Mook, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hubertus van Mook

Dutch colonial governor

Date of Birth: 30-May-1894

Place of Birth: Semarang, Indonesia

Date of Death: 10-May-1965

Profession: politician, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Hubertus Johannes "Huib" van Mook (30 May 1894 – 10 May 1965) was a Dutch administrator in the East Indies.
During the Indonesian National Revolution, he served as the Acting Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1948.
Van Mook also had a son named Cornelius van Mook who studied marine engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He also wrote about Java - and his work on Kota Gede is a good example of a colonial bureaucrat capable of examining and writing about local folklore.