Johannes van de Velde Olivier


Johannes van de Velde Olivier was a publisher, printer, bookbinder, and bookseller in Zierikzee. Among the Zierikzee authors he published were judge/poet Joost Berman, lawyer/politician Willem Kroef, and the educator Gerard van Wieringhen Borski.
Johannes van de Velde Olivier was born 4 July 1795 in Serooskerke, Schouwen-Duiveland. He married Cornelia Gerardina Bal Snijders. Their son Marinus Martinus sold and published books in Amsterdam. Their son Frans Johannes Olivier sold art in Brussels. Johannes van de Velde Oliver died 30 November 1845 in Zierikzee.