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WAHIDIN
SOEDIRO FAKTA
HOESODO MENARIK
YOGYAKARTA
Wahidin Soediro Hoesodo was the Wahidin Soediro Hoesodo juga dikenal
originator of Oetomo on May 20, 1908. He was born on January sebagai sosok yang peduli terhadap
7, 1852 in Mlati, Sleman, Yogyakarta, and died on May 26, 1917, kemajuan bangsa melalui pemikiran dan
buried in Mlati, Sleman. In 1895, he and his colleagues founded aksinya di bidang pendidikan dan media.
the newspaper Retno Dumilah in Javanese and Malay in Ia berani mengkritik kebijakan kolonial
Yogyakarta. Between 1906-1907, he was active in raising yang membatasi akses pendidikan bagi
Studiefonds (Education Funds) for the indigenous population. pribumi. Selain mendirikan surat kabar
After meeting Sutomo, a STOVIA student, their ideas gave birth Retno Dumilah, ia sering melakukan
to the Boedi Oetomo organization. Wahidin married Anna, a perjalanan untuk menyebarkan ide-
Betawi woman, and had two children, one of whom, Abdullah idenya dan menggalang dukungan demi
Subroto, produced the painters Sujono Abdullah and Basuki pendidikan yang lebih baik.
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