Willem Hendrik Suringar
Dutch philanthropist
Intro | Dutch philanthropist | |
A.K.A. | W.H. Suringar | |
A.K.A. | W.H. Suringar | |
Places | Netherlands | |
was | Journalist Opinion journalist Jurist Politician Writer Philanthropist | |
Work field | Journalism Law Literature Politics | |
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Birth | 1790 | |
Death | 1872 (aged 82 years) |
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.