Full Name Sati Nasution | Spouse(s) Maria Christina | |
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Nationality Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) Died 1876, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
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Willem Iskander (1840–1876) was an Indonesian writer, nationalist, teacher and educator. He advocated for native Indonesian education in Dutch colonial times from North Sumatra. He founded Teacher Education School (Dutch:Kweekschool Voor inlandsche onderwijzer) in 1862in Tano Bato, Mandailing Natal Regency.
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- Gordang 9 3gp gordang sambilan pidoli lombang willem iskander
- Willem iskander
- Early life
- Career
- References
Willem iskander
Early life
Willem Iskander (Baptism name in Arnhem, 1858) was born in Pidoli Lombang, the son of Raja Tinating. He was the 11th generation of Nasution clan. His family came from the royal house in Mandailing. He graduated from Elementary School (Dutch: Holland Inlandsche School), Panyabungan, 1853–1855. He worked in this school as teacher when he was 15, the school's youngest teacher.
Career
He worked in Mandailing-Angkola Asisten resident office as Administrator of the government (Dutch: Adjunt Inlandsche schrifer).
In 1857, he studied in the Netherlands. He studied Vreswjik, then at Oefenschool for teaching assistant. In 1861, he returned to Indonesia and founded Kweekschool Voor Inlandche Onderwijzr in Tano Bato, Mandailing Natal Regency in 1862.
In 1874, he again visited the Netherlands to participate in the Head Teacher Education title study.
In January 1876, he married Maria Christina, but died in April of that year.