Hendrina Commelin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Dutch feminist and social worker
Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1843
Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
Date of Death: 24-Nov-1917
Profession: social worker, feminist
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Hendrina Commelin
- Hendrina Hermina Scholten-Commelin (1 March 1843 - 24 November 1917) was a social worker and feminist.
- The only daughter of Johannes Commelin and Catharina Cornelia Ouwersloot, she married Casper Willem Reinhard Scholten (1839-1914) in Amsterdam on 15 March, 1866.
- The couple had two children: Caspar Wilhelm "Willie" Reinhard (1867-1893) and N.
- N.
- Scholten (-).
- After Willie's death, she and her husband founded the Amsterdam Phytopathological Laboratory in their son's memory.
- Hendrina is a descendant of botanist Casparus Commelin, founder of the Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam.
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