Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist

Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist
Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist
	Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist in 1861
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
	In office; 15 May 1851 – 22 May 1856
Monarch	William III
Preceded by	Jan Jacob Rochussen
Succeeded by	Charles Ferdinand Pahud
Personal details
Born	20 February 1809; Deventer, Kingdom of Holland
Died	3 December 1887 (aged 78); Diepenveen, Netherlands

Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist (20 February 1809 – 3 December 1887) was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1851 to 1856.^[1]

Taxon named in his honor

The fish yellow-breasted wrasse, Anampses twistii was named after him.^[2]
Iniistius twistii, the Redblotch razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean.^[3]

^ (in Dutch) Mr. A.J. Duymaer van Twist, Parlement & Politiek; retrieved 17 January 2015.
^ Bleeker, P. (1856). "Beschrijvingen van nieuwe en weinig bekende vischsoorten van Amboina, verzameld op eene reis door den Molukschen Archipel, gedaan in het gevolg van den Gouverneur Generaal Duymaer van Twist, in September en Oktober 1855". Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae (in Dutch). 1: 1–72, 73–76.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (i-x)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

Political offices
Preceded by Jan Jacob Rochussen	Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1851–1856	Succeeded by Charles Ferdinand Pahud