Emanuel Boekman

Emanuel Boekman was a Dutch social democratic politician, statistician, demographer and typographer. He is remembered for his activities as a municipal executive board member for education and culture in Amsterdam and his advocacy for an active state cultural policy.

Boekman was born into a dynasty of Jewish booksellers and was the eldest son of Maurits Boekman , initially a diamond cutter, and Heintje Peereboom. At the age of twelve he started working as a typographer. He was interested in politics and became a chairman of his trade union, the Typografen Jongelingen Vereeniging . Originally he was a follower of the early Dutch socialist Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis. Boekmans spare time was devoted to study and he qualified for various teachers degrees including economy.

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