Jacoba van den Brande

Jacoba van den Brande was a Dutch culture personality. Jacoba was the founding chairman of the Physics Society of Women in Middelburg.

Brande was the daughter of Johan Pieter van den Brande (1707-1758) and Mary Heron Berg (1707-1775), both of whom came from prominent Zeeland families.

She married Johan Adriaen van de Perre (1738-1790), member of the States-General between 1768 and 1779, in 1760. Jacoba's spouse was a benefactor of numerous academies and societies, and Jacoba herself also became known as such.