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During his life, he was Adat's greatest champion and is still revered by many of the older generations in Indonesia. “The Man for Adat Law”, as he was called, died in Leiden in 1933. The Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance, and Society, part of the Leiden Law School, is named after Cornelis van Vollenhoven.
Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkrɪstijaːn ˈsnuk ɦʏrˈɣrɔɲə]; 8 February 1857 – 26 June 1936) was a Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages and advisor on native affairs to the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
Vollenhoven was born in Amsterdam, son of Dirk Hendrik Vollenhoven and Catharina Pruijs.His father was a custom house officer of telegraphy in Amsterdam. In 1911, Vollenhoven registered in two faculties at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy and obtained his PhD in philosophy (cum laude) in 1918.
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Van Vollenhoven is a Dutch and Afrikaans surname. Notable people with the surname include: Cornelis van Vollenhoven (1874–1933), Dutch academic and legal scholar; Joost van Vollenhoven (1877–1918), Dutch-born French soldier and colonial administrator; Pieter van Vollenhoven (born 1939), Dutch royalty
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