Herman Theodoor Colenbrander
Herman Theodoor Colenbrander was a Dutch historian, the first director of the Commissie van Advies voor 's Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatiën, which has become the Institute of Dutch History.
In 1908 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Between 1918 and 1925 he worked as a History professor at Leiden University, where his subject was "The history of the Dutch East Indies and history of Method in Mission". In 1925 the university promoted him to the Professorship in National History.
