Background
According to the RKD he was born in Hillegom, the son of Pieter van der Willigen and a nephew of Adriaan van der Willigen, who left him an art collection and library which he expanded.
According to the RKD he was born in Hillegom, the son of Pieter van der Willigen and a nephew of Adriaan van der Willigen, who left him an art collection and library which he expanded.
20 September 1810, Hillegom – 22 August 1876, Rheden) was a 19th-century doctor and historian from the Northern Netherlands. In later years he had to leave his practise due to illness and moved to Rhedersteeg, where he later died.