''Koning Willem III School te Batavia'' was an elite school in the
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
which operated from 1860 to 1942 at the 5-year
Hogere Burgerschool level and with an extra component for training officers and civil servants for the colonial service. Among its students were a number of key members of the
Indonesian National Awakening including
Agus Salim
''Haji'' Agus Salim (; October 8, 1884 – November 4, 1954) was an Indonesian journalist, diplomat, and statesman. He served as Indonesia's Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1947 and 1949.
Early life
Agus Salim was born Masjhoedoelhaq Sali ...
,
Achmad Djajadiningrat,
Mohammad Husni Thamrin,
Ernest Douwes Dekker, and
Johannes Latuharhary.
1860 establishments in the Dutch East Indies
Educational institutions established in 1860
Schools in the Dutch East Indies
1942 disestablishments in the Dutch East Indies
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