Hendrik Jan Schoo

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Hendrik Jan Schoo
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Hendrik Jan Schoo

(1945-11-10) 10 November 1945 (age 78)
Died5 September 2007(2007-09-05) (aged 61)
Leiden, Netherlands
Alma mater University of Chicago
Occupation(s)Journalist, essayist, editor

Hendrik Jan Schoo (born November 10, 1945 - died September 9, 2007) also known as HJ Schoo was a Dutch author, journalist, essayist and magazine editor. He served as the editor-in-chief of Elsevier magazine and was the deputy editor of de Volkskrant newspaper for which he wrote columns. [1]

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Biography

Schoo was born in Amsterdam. His father was a sales representative and his mother a nurse. He was a brother of politician and government minister Eegje Schoo. He initially trained as a teacher before going to study social sciences at the University of Chicago. He later worked at an African-American primary school before returning to the Netherlands.

Career

Schoo began his career as an editor and writer for Montessori Communications, a publication of the Dutch Montessori Association. [2] He then worked for a psychology publication before joining Elsevier in 1991 as a columnist, rising up to become deputy editor and then chief editor from 1993 to 1999. [3] Politically, Schoo took on a conservative slant and was critical of multiculturalism in his opinion columns. [4] One of Schoo's most notable acts as editor was appointing sociology professor Pim Fortuyn as a columnist in 1993. [5] Both Schoo and Fortuyn would influence each other's beliefs, and the column helped Fortuyn to gain more public exposure in the Netherlands before he embarked on a political career. [6] At the end of 1999, Schoo resigned from Elsevier to become deputy editor-in-chief of de Volkskrant. [7]

Personal life

Schoo was married twice, first to Dutch writer Xandra Schutte by whom he had a son. [8] He died following complications after heart surgery in 2007. [9]

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References

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  2. I. Haagsma, H. de Haan, A. de Haas en H.J. Schoo, Amsterdamse gebouwen 1880-1980, Utrecht/Antwerpen, Het Spectrum, 1981. ISBN   90-274-5943-6
  3. Tino van Os: Oud-hoofdredacteur H.J. Schoo (61) overleden, Elsevier 5 september 2007
  4. Oudenampsen (2018), p. 180-182
  5. "Fortuyn: Controversial, Flamboyant and Dead". ABC News .
  6. Oudenampsen (2018), p. 180-182
  7. Martin Sommer: Een stoemper die nooit afstapte, de Volkskrant 5 september 2007
  8. "Xandra Schutte: 'Van zelfbeklag word je niet beter'" in Cornald Maas (2006) Op de helft : Bespiegelingen van (bijna)veertigers. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Prometheus.
  9. "Hendrik Jan Schoo passed away". 9 May 2007. Retrieved 2022-01-21.