Hendrik Godfried Duurkoop (5 May 1736, Dornum – 27 July 1778, at sea) was a Dutch merchant-trader and VOC Opperhoofd in Japan. During his career with the Dutch East Indies Company (the Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC), he worked on Dejima, a small artificial island in the harbor of Nagasaki, Japan.
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5 May 1736
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27 July 1778 (aged 42)
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