Three Centuries: The Chronicle of a Dutch Family

Maurits Cornelis van Hall was born in 1901 in Naarden, The Netherlands and died in 1965 in Bentveld, The Netherlands. He studied in Zurich, Switzerland and then joined the Royal Netherlands Steamship Company. After being stationed in South America he returned to the Netherlands. In addition to his maritime work, he became President of the Hospital Church Ship "De Hoop", which followed the fishing fleets providing medical and spiritual services to all nationalities in the North Sea. He was Knighted (Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau) in 1955.