Cornelis Elout (

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

, 11 March 1714 - Haarlem, 3 November 1779)Van der Aa et al.
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p.96 (Dutch) was a Haarlem regent, collector, one of the first members of ''

Teylers Tweede Genootschap Teylers Tweede Genootschap (English: Teylers Second Society), also known as the ''Wetenschappelijk Genootschap'' (Scientific Society) is one of the two societies founded within the Teylers Stichting with the purpose to promote and award prizes fo ...

'' (Teylers Second or Scientific Society) and regent of the ''Armekinderhuis'' ("poor children's home"). Cornelis was the son of Jacob Elout and his wife Eva Cornelis dochter Akersloot Steyn. Cornelis Elout was the father of

Cornelis Pieter Elout Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis. Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given ...

, who was council member and "hoofdschout" of

and ''Heer van Schoten''.P.C. Molhuysen en P.J. Blok (red.)
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(Dutch) about his son, Cornelis Pieter Elout (which mentions Cornelis Elout too)According to Van der Aa, Cornelis did not have any children. After his death, Cornelis left a significant collection of paintings and drawings behind.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elout, Cornelis 1714 births 1779 deaths Members of Teylers Tweede Genootschap People from Haarlem