Jacoba Hol

In 1945, she was appointed professor of physical geography at the Geographic Institute at Utrecht University.

She was the illegitimate daughter of Maria Theresa Koene and the composer Richard Hol.

[1] In November 1907, Hol enrolled in the study of mathematics and physics at the University of Utrecht, where she graduated in 1912.

Under the supervision of the physical geographer, Karl Oestreich,[2] she wrote her dissertation on the hydrology of the Ardennes.

In 1916, Hol graduated cum laude with her dissertation, Beiträge zur Hydrographie der Ardennen.