Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis

Dutch photographer

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1863

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 20-Apr-1922

Profession: photographer, soldier

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis, known as C.B.
Nieuwenhuis, (July 4, 1863 in Amsterdam - April 20, 1922 in Padang) was a photographer in the Dutch East Indies. He was born in Amsterdam in 1863 and his original surname was Niewenhuis.
He volunteered for the militia in Batavia, Java in December 1883 for a six year stint as a member of the Royal Military Band.
In December 1889, he extended his contract for one more year. He left the army in December 1890.
In Batavia, he seemed to have worked at the Koene & Co.
photo-studio and later left to Padang on West-Sumatra where he founded his own photo studio in February 1891.
He died in Padang in April 1922.



Alternative names	C.B. Nieuwenhuis, C.B. Niewenhuis
Description	Dutch photographer and soldier
Date of birth/death	4 July 1863	20 April 1922
Location of birth/death	Amsterdam	Padang
Work period	between 1891 and 1922 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1891-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1922-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Padang, Medan, Kutaraja and its environments
Authority control	: Q15101934 VIAF: 280447061 ISNI: 0000 0003 8746 5128 BNF: 17747813d BPN: 99588894 RKD: 391047