Samuel Sarphati - Buildings built on Sarphati's initiative

Dutch doctor and social reformer, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. After studying medicine in Leiden he went into practice in Amsterdam. He produced plans for the expansion of Amsterdam and promoted companies for the advancement of pharmacy (Ned. Mij. ter Bevordering der Pharmacie (1842)), popular crafts (Ver. voor Volksvlijt (1852) and Paleis voor Volksvlijt (1858)), and mortgage and savings banks (Nationale Hypotheekbank (1864), Ned. Bouwmaatschappij (1864), and Amstel Hotelmaatschappij (1866)).

Samuel Sarphati (1813-1866) was a Dutch doctor, physician, and city planner.

Sarphati's parents were Sephardis, Portuguese Jews that arrived in the Netherlands in the 17th century.

During his work thereafter as a doctor in Amsterdam, Sarphati encountered the bad hygiene among the poor in Amsterdam.

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), destroyed by fire in 1929 InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam (Amstel Hotel)