Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis | |
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| Member of the Dutch House of Representatives | |
| In office 1 May 1888 – 15 September 1891 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Hendrik Pyttersen |
| Constituency | Schoterland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ferdinand Jacobus Domela Nieuwenhuis 31 December 1846 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands |
| Died | 18 November 1919 (aged 72) Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands |
| Resting place | Westerveld [nl], Driehuis, North Holland, Netherlands |
| Political party | Social Democratic League (SDB) (until 1897) |
| Spouses | Johanna Egberta Godthelp
(before 1919)Johanna Adriana Verhagen
(m. 1874; died 1877)Johanna Lulofs
(m. 1870; died 1872) |
| Children | 8, including César |
| Residence | Burgemeester Schooklaan 20, Hilversum[a] |
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Ferdinand Jacobus Domela Nieuwenhuis[b] (31 December 1846 – 18 November 1919) was a Dutch socialist politician and later a social anarchist and anti-militarist. He was a Lutheran preacher who, after he lost his faith, started a political fight for workers. He was a founder of the Dutch socialist movement and the first socialist in the Dutch parliament.
Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis was born in Amsterdam, the son of Ferdinand Jacob Domela Nieuwenhuis, Lutheran pastor and professor of theology, and Henriette Frances Berry. When Nieuwenhuis was ten years old, his mother died. His brother was art collector Adriaan Jacob Domela Nieuwenhuis. His family added the second surname "Domela" in 1859.[1]
After he died in Hilversum at the age of 72 on 18 November 1919, he was one of the first to be cremated and interred at Westerveld in Velsen. His funeral procession, attended by 12,000 sympathizers, traveled through Amsterdam.[2]
