Daniel Marcellus George Koch
1881 – 1960
journalism, activist, social issues, independence movement
Indonesia/Dutch East Indies
Indonesia/Dutch East Indies
Curriculum vitae
| 1881 | born in Woudsend on October 1 |
| 1900 | HBS-exam, Utrecht |
| 1907-1912 | journalist with several newspapers in Batavia en Soerabaja |
| 1912-1922 | secretary of the Trading Company at Semarang, senior official with the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Trade in Buitenzorg, and general editor of De Nieuwe Courant, Semarang |
| 1922-1925 | general editor of De Indische Courant (Eastern Java edition) |
| 1925-1947 | secretary of the federal Verbond van Vereenigingen van Landsdienaren (later Overheidsdienaren) |
| 1942-1945 | Japanese internment camps |
| 1951-1954 | director of the Volksuniversiteit in Bandoeng |
| 1954 | return to The Netherlands |
| 1960 | died in Zeist on February 25 |
Special activities and positions
- Founder of Het vrije woord, Weltevreden, 1907-1908
- Secretary-editor of Koloniale Studiën, 1916-1942
- Founder of the Algemeen-Democratische Bond (General-Democratic federation), 1938
- Co-founder of Kritiek en Opbouw, 1938-1950
- Member of the Indische Sociaal-Democratische Vereeniging (ISDV, Indonesian Social Democratic Association), 1914-1920
Sources
- P.J. Drooglever, ‘Koch, Daniël Marcellus George (1881-1960)’, in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland. URL:http://www.historici.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/BWN/lemmata/bwn3/koch [12-02-2012]
- Vries, D. de (ed.), D. M. G. Koch: levensschets en bibliografie ter gelegenheid van zijn 70ste verjaardag, [Djakarta] 1951, 40 p.
- Batten, Fred. E.A. en D. de Vries (eds), Aan D. M. G. Koch op zijn vijfenzeventigste verjaardag van zijn vrienden, ‘s-Gravenhage [etc.], 1956.
- Goonewardena, K.W. Dutch historical writing on South Asia, p. 176-177.
Selected publication
Koch wrote one book only on South Asia:
1922 Herleving: oorsprong, streven en geschiedenis der nationalistische beweging in Britsch-Indië, Weltevreden: Kolff, v, 486 p.