Richard Leonard Arnold Schoemaker (5 October 1886 – 3 May 1942) was a Dutch Olympic fencer, engineer in the

Royal Netherlands East Indies Army The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ( nl, Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger; KNIL, ) was the military force maintained by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its colony of the Dutch East Indies, in areas that are now part of Indonesia. The ...

, professor of architecture at

Bandung Institute of Technology The Bandung Institute of Technology ( id, Institut Teknologi Bandung, abbreviated as ITB) is a national research university located in Bandung, Indonesia. Since its establishment in 1920, ITB has been consistently recognized as Indonesia's premie ...

and

Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Delft), also known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. As of 2022 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings among ...

, and leader of a resistance group during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, for which he was executed at the

Sachsenhausen concentration camp Sachsenhausen () or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. It mainly held political prisoners ...

. He competed in the individual

sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...

event at the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...

. He was one of 95 people who, most posthumously, received the

Dutch Cross of Resistance The Verzetskruis 1940–1945 (English: ''Cross of Resistance 1940–1945'') is a decoration for valour in the Netherlands. Instituted on May 3, 1946, it was awarded in recognition of the individual courage shown in resistance against the ...

. The street forming the eastern border of the Delft University campus is named ''Schoemakerstraat'' after him.René & Peter van der Krogt
Schoemakerstraat
at stratenvandelft.nl

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schoemaker, Richard 1886 births 1942 deaths People from Roermond Graduates of the Koninklijke Militaire Academie Dutch male fencers Olympic fencers for the Netherlands Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Royal Netherlands East Indies Army officers Dutch expatriates in Indonesia Dutch military engineers Dutch architects Academic staff of Bandung Institute of Technology Academic staff of the Delft University of Technology Dutch resistance members Dutch civilians killed in World War II People who died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp Recipients of the Dutch Cross of Resistance Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps Dutch people who died in Nazi concentration camps Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands)