Herman Theodoor Colenbrander (13 December 1871 in

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– 8 October 1945 in

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) was a

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historian, the first director of the Commissie van Advies voor 's Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatiën, which has become the Institute of Dutch History. In 1908 he became member of the

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. Between 1918 and 1925 he worked as a History professor at

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, where his subject was "The history of the Dutch East Indies and history of Method in (christian) Mission" (''de "geschiedenis van Nederlandsch-Indië en de geschiedenis van de methode der zending"''). In 1925 the university promoted him to the Professorship in National History.

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* 1871 births 1945 deaths 20th-century Dutch historians Leiden University alumni Leiden University faculty Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Drachten {{netherlands-historian-stub