# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/w-r-van-hoevell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:03:58.453Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/w-r-van-hoevell"
name: "W. R. van Hoëvell"
slug: "w-r-van-hoevell"
description: "Wolter Robert Baron van Hoëvell was a Dutch minister, politician, reformer, and writer. Born into nobility and trained in the Dutch Reformed Church, he worked for eleven years as a minister in the Dutch East Indies. He led a Malay-speaking congregation, engaged in scholarly research and cultural activities, and became an outspoken critic of Dutch colonialism. His activism culminated when he acted as one of the leaders of a short-lived protest in 1848. During the event, a multi-ethnic group of Batavian inhabitants presented their grievances to the local government. As a result of his leadership in the protest, van Hoëvell was forced to resign his position in the Indies."
tagline: "Dutch churchman, politician, anti-colonial reformer, writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wolter_Robert_van_Ho%C3%ABvell_(1863)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1812-07-14"
deathDate: "1879-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.874550666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolter_Robert_van_Ho%C3%ABvell"
    title: "Wolter Robert van Hoëvell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A2%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "في آر فان هوفيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%A2%D8%B1._%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "دبليو. آر. ڤان هويڤيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolter_Robert_van_Ho%C3%ABvell"
    title: "Wolter Robert van Hoëvell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolter_Robert_van_Ho%C3%ABvell"
    title: "Wolter Robert van Hoëvell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._R._van_Ho%C3%ABvell"
    title: "W. R. van Hoëvell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolter_Robert_van_Ho%C3%ABvell"
    title: "Wolter Robert van Hoëvell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolter_Robert_van_Ho%C3%ABvell"
    title: "Wolter Robert van Hoëvell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolter_Robert_van_Ho%C3%ABvell"
    title: "Wolter Robert van Hoëvell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2007084"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump