Maurits Cornelis van Hall
1836–1900 (age 64)
Biography
Maurits Cornelis van Hall (Dutch: [ˈmʌurɪts fɑn ˈɦɑl]; 31 January 1836 – 18 December 1900) was a Dutch lawyer, banker and, politician. Born into a wealthy family, he was active as a lawyer in Amsterdam before being a minor participant in the founding of the Dutch Credit and Deposit Bank, a precursor of BNP Paribas, in 1863. He headed its Amsterdam office after a merger with a French bank, and he sat on the boards of directors and supervisory boards of several organisations. A liberal, Van Hall was a member of the Provincial Council of North Holland between 1883 and 1896 and the Senate between 1896 and 1900, when he died.