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Samuel Sarphati (31 January 1813 – 23 June 1866) was a Dutch physician and
"Samuel Sarphati", Radio Netherlands Archives, May 14, 2003
/ref> This included a bread factory producing wholesome, affordable bread, and a refuse collection service. Sarphati played an important role in the initiation of waste transport in 1847. He became involved in politics, particularly as a project developer in city planning. Beside public health, he initiated improvements in education and industrialization. He wanted to enhance Amsterdam's dignity and standing by constructing impressive buildings like the Amstel Hotel and the Paleis voor Volksvlijt.
After his death,
Palace of National Industry
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Sarphati in "Biografisch Portaal"
1813 births 1866 deaths 19th-century Sephardi Jews Dutch Sephardi Jews Spanish and Portuguese Jews Dutch people of Portuguese-Jewish descent Dutch public health doctors Jewish physicians Physicians from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-bio-stub
Amsterdam
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city planner
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.
Biography
Sarphati's ancestors wereSpanish and Portuguese Jews
Spanish and Portuguese Jews, also called Western Sephardim, Iberian Jews, or Peninsular Jews, are a distinctive sub-group of Sephardic Jews who are largely descended from Jews who lived as New Christians in the Iberian Peninsula during the ...
who arrived in the Netherlands in the 17th century. Though middle-class, his parents were able to let him attend a Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...
school. At the age of 20, Sarphati started studying medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pr ...
in Leiden
Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration w ...
, which he finished with a promotion in 1839.
During his work thereafter as a doctor in Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...
(he lived at the house #598 Herengracht), Sarphati encountered the bad hygiene among the poor in Amsterdam. His compassion for his patients led him to initiate several projects to improve the quality of life in the city and the health of its inhabitants./ref> This included a bread factory producing wholesome, affordable bread, and a refuse collection service. Sarphati played an important role in the initiation of waste transport in 1847. He became involved in politics, particularly as a project developer in city planning. Beside public health, he initiated improvements in education and industrialization. He wanted to enhance Amsterdam's dignity and standing by constructing impressive buildings like the Amstel Hotel and the Paleis voor Volksvlijt.
After his death, Sarphatipark
The Sarphatipark is a public urban park located in the ''stadsdeel'' Amsterdam Oud-Zuid in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The park is named after Samuel Sarphati.
In 1942, the park was renamed "Bollandpark" after G.J.P.J. Bolland, because Samuel Sarph ...
in Amsterdam was designed and named after him in 1885.
The Sarphati Sanitation Awards The Sarphati Sanitation Awards were created in 2013 to honour individuals or organisations having made contributions to global sanitation and public health, notably through entrepreneurship. They are awarded every two years, and named in honour of S ...
have been named in his honour.
Buildings built on Sarphati's initiative
*The first trade school *A bread factory (''Maatschappij voor Meel-en-Broodfabrieken'') *Palace of National Industry (''Paleis voor Volksvlijt
The Paleis voor Volksvlijt (Dutch, meaning Palace of Popular Diligence) was a large exhibition hall in Amsterdam, located on the Frederiksplein, near the current location of De Nederlandsche Bank. The building was constructed between 1859 and 18 ...
''), destroyed by fire in 1929
*InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam (Amstel Hotel)
References
External links
Palace of National Industry
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Sarphati in "Biografisch Portaal"
1813 births 1866 deaths 19th-century Sephardi Jews Dutch Sephardi Jews Spanish and Portuguese Jews Dutch people of Portuguese-Jewish descent Dutch public health doctors Jewish physicians Physicians from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-bio-stub