About Willem Hendrik Suringar
Lived 1790 – 1872 (aged 81–82). Willem Hendrik Suringar was an opinion journalist, jurist, city council, writer and philanthropist.
Willem Hendrik Suringar (3 August 1790 – 17 September 1872) was a Dutch philanthropist who established the Netherlands Mettray, the equivalent of the French Mettray Penal Colony.
Selected publications My Visit to Mettray in 1845: A Speech
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Who was Willem Hendrik Suringar?
Dutch philanthropist (1790–1872)
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Willem Hendrik Suringar was born in 1790.
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Willem Hendrik Suringar died in 1872.
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Willem Hendrik Suringar was an opinion journalist, jurist, city council, writer and philanthropist.
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