ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dennis De Witt, a management consultant in Kuala Lumpur, is a 5th generation Dutch Eurasian originally from Malacca. He has a keen interest on subjects relating to the history of Malacca and Dutch influences in Malaysia. Over the years, he has participated, spoken and presented papers in various academic, private and public seminars and events organized by the Malaysian National Archives, and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Malaysia, the Malacca Museums Corporation, the Institute of Occidental Studies at UKM, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and Universiti Teknologi MARA. He also regularly conducts CTRE training for the Kuala Lumpur Tour Guides Association and speaks to the volunteers group at the National Museum. He has contributed articles for the Journal of Malaysian Biographies and written articles for various newspapers and magazines.

He has published several books, including ‘Reconnecting Through Our Roots’ (2006), ‘History of the Dutch in Malaysia’ (2007), ‘Melaka from the Top’ (2010), ‘Historical Tombstones and Graves at St Paul's Hill Malacca’ (2016). In 2009, he was named winner of the ‘Dutch incentive prize for Genealogy’ for his book ‘History of the Dutch in Malaysia’ and he received his prize in the Netherlands. He was the first ever recipient of the prize who is not a Dutch citizen. His latest publication in entitled ‘Legends of the Secret Tunnels of Malacca’ was just released in 2018.