Jacob de Wilde
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Jacob de Wilde was a citizen of the Dutch Republic. Of modest stock, he married well and rose socially to become ontvanger-generaal of the Admiralty of Amsterdam. He is better known, however, as a col
Jacob de Wilde (left) and Peter the Great on 13 December 1697, engraving by Maria de Wilde
Keizersgracht 333
Illustration from critique of Gemmae antiquae selectae ... published in Acta Eruditorum, 1704
Illustration from critique of Selecta numismata antiqua; ex musæo Jacobi de Wilde published in Acta Eruditorum, 1693
Robert Erskine (physician)
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Robert Erskine FRS was a Scottish physician remembered as an advisor to Tsar Peter the Great. He became one of the Tsar's most powerful advisors. He was known in Russia as Robert Karlovich Areskin.
Memorial to Erskine, old Alva churchyard