Godefroy came into this world in 1822, bearing the name Abraham Nikolaas Smit. However, in 1840, he changed his last name to Godefroy.[1] His career began in 1838, when he joined the Department of Urban Works in Amsterdam. In the same year of its establishment (1842), he became a member of the Society for the Promotion of Architecture, and he even served as its president from 1862 to 1867. From 1845 to 1850, he worked at the architectural firm of Isaäc Warnsinck. In 1851, he started his own architectural practice in Amsterdam.
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