Ambassador to Paraguay; Consul to Netherlands; Lawyer
Graduated with Doctor of Law degree from University of Utrecht in 1878; moved to California in 1879 and married at Oakland, California. He was one of the first people to successfully build levees in the Sacramento, California, valley which could withstand the annual flooding of the Sacramento River. This was due to growing up in Holland and their system of dikes to control their water issues. Using this type of concept, he helped design the levees which are still in use today. He was made an officer of the Order of the Crown and was Knighted by King William III. Admitted to the San Francisco bar, December 1879. Was the son of Maurits Jacob van Loben Sels and Maria Louise Swaving.
Graduated with Doctor of Law degree from University of Utrecht in 1878; moved to California in 1879 and married at Oakland, California. He was one of the first people to successfully build levees in the Sacramento, California, valley which could withstand the annual flooding of the Sacramento River. This was due to growing up in Holland and their system of dikes to control their water issues. Using this type of concept, he helped design the levees which are still in use today. He was made an officer of the Order of the Crown and was Knighted by King William III. Admitted to the San Francisco bar, December 1879. Was the son of Maurits Jacob van Loben Sels and Maria Louise Swaving.
Ambassador to Paraguay; Consul to Netherlands; Lawyer
Graduated with Doctor of Law degree from University of Utrecht in 1878; moved to California in 1879 and married at Oakland, California. He was one of the first people to successfully build levees in the Sacramento, California, valley which could withstand the annual flooding of the Sacramento River. This was due to growing up in Holland and their system of dikes to control their water issues. Using this type of concept, he helped design the levees which are still in use today. He was made an officer of the Order of the Crown and was Knighted by King William III. Admitted to the San Francisco bar, December 1879. Was the son of Maurits Jacob van Loben Sels and Maria Louise Swaving.
Graduated with Doctor of Law degree from University of Utrecht in 1878; moved to California in 1879 and married at Oakland, California. He was one of the first people to successfully build levees in the Sacramento, California, valley which could withstand the annual flooding of the Sacramento River. This was due to growing up in Holland and their system of dikes to control their water issues. Using this type of concept, he helped design the levees which are still in use today. He was made an officer of the Order of the Crown and was Knighted by King William III. Admitted to the San Francisco bar, December 1879. Was the son of Maurits Jacob van Loben Sels and Maria Louise Swaving.
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