page_title: Schiedam
section_title: Public thinking & Public Service
hierarchical_section_title: Schiedam / Notable residents / Public thinking & Public Service
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Dirk Jan de Geer. Minister-president van 1926 tot 1929 en van 1939 tot 1940.
context_page_description: Schiedam is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen, and south of Delft. In the south the city is connected with the village of Pernis by the Beneluxtunnel.
  The city is known for its historical center with canals, and for having the tallest windmills in the world. Schiedam is also well known for the distilleries and malthouses and production of jenever − such as the internationally renowned Ketel One − so much so that in French and English the word schiedam refers to the town's Holland gin. This was the town's main industry during the early Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th century, a dark period to which it owed its former nickname "Zwart Nazareth" or "Black Nazareth". Furthermore, the city is known for Saint Lidwina, one of the most famous Dutch saints.
context_section_description: Saint Lidwina (1380–1433) a Dutch mystic, honored as a saint by the Catholic Church 
  Jacobus Taurinus (1576–1618) a preacher and theologian, supporter of the Remonstrants
  Cornelius Haga (1578–1654) ambassador of the Dutch Republic to the Ottoman Empire
  Willem Nieupoort (1607–1678) a politician and ambassador, negotiated the Treaty of Westminster (1654)
  Jan van Riebeeck (1619–1677) colonial administrator, founded Cape Town, South Africa
  Harmen van Bol'es (1689-1764) a Royal master builder in Russia, Town Carpenter in Schiedam
  Engelbertus Lucas Sr. (1747–1797) a Dutch rear-admiral, commanding a squadron of the Batavian Navy
  Engelbertus Lucas Jr. (1785–1870) a Dutch senior naval officer
  Piet Paaltjens (1835–1894) a Protestant clergyman and romantic author
  Christian Osepins (1858–1887) a US Navy sailor, recipient of the Medal of Honor
  Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960) a politician, Dutch Prime Minister 1926/1929 and 1939/1940
  Philips Christiaan Visser (1882–1955) a diplomat, geographer, mountaineer and glaciologist
  Jeanne Lampl-de Groot (1895–1987) a Dutch psychiatrist, worked with Sigmund Freud
  Thomas van der Hammen (1924-2010) a Dutch palaeontologist, botanist and geologist
  Wil Velders-Vlasblom (1930-2019) a Dutch politician and woman's rights activist
  Pieter van Vollenhoven (born 1939) husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
  Johannes Bronkhorst (born 1946) an academic and Indologist specialising in early Buddhism
  Elizabeth Witmer (born 1946) member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada
  Herman Heinsbroek (born 1951) entrepreneur and former Minister of Economic Affairs
  Pieter Elbers (born 1970) a Dutch airline executive, President and CEO of KLM
caption: Dirk Jan de Geer, 1926
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