Ki Hajar Dewantara, Indonesian philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1959)

Ki Hajar Dewantara

Indonesian activist, politician and educator (1889–1959)

Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat, from 1922 also known as Ki Hadjar Dewantara, or Ki Hajar Dewantoro to reflect its Javanese pronunciation, was a leading Indonesian independence movement activist, writer, columnist, politician, and pioneer of education for native Indonesians in…