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Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland. Edited by J. CHARITT for Vols. I-III and J. CHARITE and A. C. J. M. GABRIELS for Vol. IV. Vol. 1. sGravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1979. xii, 680 pp. Fl. 98. Vol. 2. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1985. viii, 656 pp. Fl. 95. Vol. 3. P's-Gravenhage: Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, 1989. vii, 696 pp. Fl. 98. Vol. 4. 'os-Gravenhage: Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, 1994. xiv, 602 pp. Fl. 92.
The Biographical Dictionary of the Netherlands appeared after 1979 under the auspices of the Institute for Dutch History. In its volumes, persons are included who "played a role of some importance for the Netherlands" and whose deaths date after the turn of the twentieth century. Given this broad framework and the close connection between the Netherlands and its former overseas possessions in Southeast Asia, it is not surprising to find a sizable number of individuals entered...