- First name
- Willem
- Last name
- Kick
- Date of Birth
- 1579
- Date of Death
- 1647
- Born in
- Breda
- Died in
- Amsterdam
Willem Kick owned (1619–20) a field outside the St. Andriespoort. He also owned a house on the Nieuwe Houtmarkt and the Breestraat (1639, cf. Van Dillen, 1929–74, vol. 3, p. 239). This fact makes him a likely candidate for being the owner of the house at the Houtgracht rented out to the Spinoza family. Presumably, Spinoza lived in Kick’s house at the Houtgracht with his brother Gabriel, at least until his banishment in late July 1656 from the synagogue of Talmud Torah (a couple of houses away in the same street). Willem Kick may very well be identified as Willem Kick Jr. (fl.1610–51). Kick Jr. first worked as a notary public in Delft. After 1610, he moved to Amsterdam where he made a living as an entrepreneur (cf. Gelderblom, 2000, pp. 62–3).