Background
Jacoba van den Brande was born on 4 July 1735 in Middelburg in the Netherlands.
Jacoba van den Brande was born on 4 July 1735 in Middelburg in the Netherlands.
She was the founding chairman of the Physics Society of Women in Middelburg. She was the daughter of Johan Pieter van den Brande (1707-1758) and Mary Heron Berg (1707-1775), both of whom came from prominent Zeeland families. Her spouse was a benefactor of numerous academies and societies, and Jacoba herself also became known as such.
Van den Brande died on 14 August 1794, at the age of 59, in the Middelburg.
Van den Brande married Johan Adriaen van de Perre (1738-1790), member of the States-General between 1768 and 1779, in 1760.