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Full Name
  
Sati Nasution

Resting place
  
Amsterdam

Spouse(s)
  
Maria Christina

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Born
  
1840
Pidoli Lombang, Dutch East Indies

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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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.

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Willem Iskander Wikipedia