Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist

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]

Portrait of Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist in 1861

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	(1809-02-20)20 February 1809 Deventer, Kingdom of Holland
Died	3 December 1887(1887-12-03) (aged 78) Diepenveen, Netherlands

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]