Willem Schermerhorn
Willem (Wim) Schermerhorn (born December 17, 1894 in Akersloot , † March 11, 1977 in Haarlem ) was a Dutch geodesist and cartographer , technician and politician .
Act
Schermerhorn was Prime Minister of the Netherlands from June 1945 to July 1946 and thus led the first Dutch government after the Second World War , the Schermerhorn / Drees cabinet . The Linggadjati Agreement negotiated by Schermerhorn with Indonesian nationalists in 1946 on the independence of the former colony within a Dutch-Indonesian Union could initially not be ratified because Schermershorn was voted out of office (not until 1947) and was finally rejected by his Catholic successor Louis Beel in favor of a "police action" . From 1946 to 1951 Schermerhorn sat for the Social Democratic PvdA in parliament.
In the 1950s he founded the International Training Center for Photogrammetry in the city of Delft , which soon became a large development and research institute - with mutual stimulation by the local university . The engineer and skilled organizer had already adapted the geodetic service of Rijkswaterstaat - the Dutch authority for the construction and maintenance of roads and waterways - to the growing requirements.
As an internationally active civil engineer and photogrammeter, he renewed the maps of New Guinea . He worked for a long time as a professor at the Technical University of Delft and was elected President of the International Society of Photogrammetry around 1940 .
In his honor, the international Schermerhorn Lectures ( Schermerhorn Lectures ) take place every two years , which bring together many well-known experts in photogrammetry, cartography and GIS informatics.
literature
- Herman Langeveld: De man die in de put sprong: Willem Schermerhorn 1894–1977 . Uitgeverij Boom, 2014, ISBN 978-90-8953-277-0 .
Web links
- Ir. W. (Willem) Schermerhorn , Parlement & Politiek
- SCHERMERHORN, Willem (1894-1977) , Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis
- SCHERMERHORN, Willem , Biographical Woordenboek van het Socialisme en de Arbeidersbewegung in Nederland
since the ministerial responsibility was enforced in 1848: Gerrit Schimmelpenninck | Dirk Donker Curtius | Jacob de Kempenaer | Johan Rudolf Thorbecke | Floris Adriaan van Hall | Justinus van der Brugghen | Jan Jacob Rochussen | Floris Adriaan van Hall | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Schelto van Heemstra | Johan Rudolf Thorbecke
since the implementation of parliamentary rule in 1866: Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Pieter Philip van Bosse | Johan Rudolf Thorbecke | Gerrit de Vries | Jan Heemskerk | Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello | Constantijn Theodoor van Lynden van Sandenburg | Jan Heemskerk | Æneas Mackay | Gijsbert van Tienhoven | Joan Röell | Nicolaas Pierson | Abraham Kuyper | Theo de Meester | Theo Heemskerk | Pieter Cort van der Linden
since the introduction of universal suffrage in 1918/1922: Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck | Hendrik Colijn | Dirk Jan de Geer | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck | Hendrik Colijn | Dirk Jan de Geer | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
since the end of the war in 1945: Wim Schermerhorn | Louis Beel | Willem Drees | Louis Beel | Jan de Quay | Victor Marijnen | Jo Cals | Jelle Zijlstra | Piet de Jong | Barend Biesheuvel | Joop den Uyl | Dries van Agt | Ruud Lubbers | Wim Kok | Jan Peter Balkenende | Mark Rutte
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| SURNAME | Schermerhorn, Willem |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schermerhorn, Wim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch geodesist, cartographer, technician and politician (Prime Minister 1945–1946) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Akersloot |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1977 |
| Place of death | Haarlem |