Nicolaas Pierson

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Nicolaas Pierson

Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office July 27, 1897 – August 1, 1901
Monarch	Wilhelmina Emma (Regency ended in 1898)
Preceded by	Joan Röell
Succeeded by	Abraham Kuyper
Minister of Finance
In office August 21, 1891 – May 9, 1894
Prime Minister	Gijsbert van Tienhoven
Preceded by	Karel A. Godin de Beaufort
Succeeded by	Jacobus P. S. van Eyk
Personal details
Born	Nicolaas Gerard Pierson (1839-02-07)7 February 1839 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	24 December 1909(1909-12-24) (aged 70) Heemstede, Netherlands
Political party	LU
Spouse(s)	Catharina Rutgera Waller
Alma mater	University of Leiden University of Cambridge
Occupation	Economist
Religion	Dutch Reformed Church

Nicolaas Gerard Pierson (7 February 1839, in Amsterdam – 24 December 1909, in Heemstede) was a Dutch Liberal financial and economic expert, politician, and statesman, chairman of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) of the Netherlands from 1897 until 1901.

Pierson was a professor economics and statistics at the University of Amsterdam and director and presiding director (president-directeur) of the De Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch national bank. He was minister of Finance in the Cabinet Van Tienhoven. During his term of office he introduced an important tax revision. After serving as chairman of the Council of Ministers for four years he took a seat in the House of Representatives for the constituency of Gorinchem from 1905 to 1909. Pierson received an honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge.

Family background

Pierson married in 1862 to Catharina Rutgera Waller, with whom he had no children.

Work

Pierson's main two economist texts were Grondbeginselen der Staathuiskunde and Leerboek der Staathuiskunde, the latter being translated into English and Italian.

He was also essential in laying the foundations for Statistics Netherlands.

Trivia

Head of the firm Beckman en Pierson, which traded in cotton and colonial wares, from 1861-1864 alongside H.B. Wiardi Beckman.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 64066939 LCCN: n85316717 ISNI: 0000 0000 8388 6628 GND: 118995472 BNF: cb12277982k

Persondata
Name	Pierson, Nicolaas Gerard
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch politician
Date of birth	7 February 1839
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death	24 December 1909
Place of death	Heemstede, Netherlands

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