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Hendrik "Henrik" Sillem (12 August 1866 in

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– 13 July 1907 in

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, Italy) was a Dutch jurist, mountaineer and

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Personal life and education

Henrik Sillem was the son of Johann Gottlieb Sillem, banker with Hope & Co. bankers,

. His mother was Jkvr. Judith Catharina Henriette Hoeufft. Henrik Sillem studied law at the

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. He graduated as Doctor of Law on 8 May 1891, with a thesis 'Het faillissement des verzekeraars' (Bankruptcy of insurance companies)' published by Roeloffzen en Hubner, Amsterdam in 1891.Academisch proefschrift 'Het faillissement des verzekeraars', uitgave Roeloffzen & Hubner, Amsterdam, 1891. Herdruk: Kessinger Publishing, LaVergne, Tennessee, USA, 2010 On 28 May 1891 he married in

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jkvr. Susanna Catharina Beatrix des Tombe (born 24 February 1869, Arnhem - died 6 November 1948) the daughter of jonkheer François Joan Adriaan des Tombe and Beatrix Cruys. The couple had two sons, Francois Johann and Henrick (Boet) Sillem, before divorcing in 1897. In 1902, in

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, Sillem married Bertha Johanna Eva Reuser, (1879-1971), daughter of Johann and Katharina Anna Reuser Schmolck. Henrik Sillem worked in Amsterdam as a lawyer, legal advisor and public prosecutor.

Olympic medalist

Together with his friend

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and the Frenchman François Monod, Sillem initiated the first 'international shooting matches' (world championships in shooting) in 1897 in

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. These were the forerunners of the

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that were held in Paris in 1900, now considered to have been part of the Olympics. Sillem competed with the Dutch pistol team and won a

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Mountaineer and explorer

When he was 19, Sillem climbed the

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from the northern side, with FG Waller. In 1902 he reached an altitude of 6,400 m (21,000 ft) on

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. In 1905 he climbed the

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in the

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. He also climbed Antarctica's Mount Kinsey and

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. In March 1906, Henrik Sillem made the first ascent of the West Ridge of

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with guide Peter Graham. Sillem only reached the age of 40; in 1907 he fell while descending the

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and was buried nearby, in

References

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databaseOlympicsArticle in Journal of Olympic History
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