Cees Fasseur
Cees Fasseur (1938-2016), lawyer and historian, was Professor of History at the University of Leiden.
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He has published a number of books on the Dutch colonial past in Indonesia, such as De indologen (The Indologists), De weg naar het paradijs (The Way To Paradise) en Indischgasten. For a number of years he held the post of senior adviser at the Ministry of Justice. He was awarded the triennial prize for biography from the city of Dordrecht for Wilhelmina.