Meindert Wiardi Beckman

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Meindert Wiardi Beckman (16 January 1795, Amsterdam - 8 April 1863, The Hague) was a Dutch politician and judge.

Wiardi Beckman was a member of the municipal council of Amsterdam and Minister of Religious Affairs in the Van der Brugghen cabinet.

He is the great-grandfather of SDAP Senator Herman Bernard Wiardi Beckman.

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