Lie Kim Hok (1853–1912) was a peranakan Chinese teacher, writer, and
social worker active in the Dutch East Indies. Born in Buitenzorg, Lie
studied in missionary schools. In the 1870s he began working as the
editor of two periodicals published by his teacher, leaving the position
in 1880. Lie's first books, including the critically acclaimed poem Sair
Tjerita Siti Akbari and grammar book Malajoe Batawi, were published in
1884; Lie published a further 23 books before his death, including Tjhit
Liap Seng (1886), considered the first Chinese Malay novel. Lie also
acquired printing rights for the newspaper Pembrita Betawi, helped
establish the Chinese organisation Tiong Hoa Hwe Koan, and wrote
numerous articles in newspapers. Styled the "father of Chinese Malay
literature", Lie is also considered influential to the colony's
journalism and linguistics. However, he has also drawn criticism for
adapting other writers' works without giving credit, a tendency first
discovered after his death of typhus. As a result of the language
politics in the Indies and independent Indonesia, his work has become
marginalised.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie_Kim_Hok>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1141:
The Anarchy: Matilda's brief reign as the first female ruler of
England came to an end when her cousin Stephen of Blois regained the
throne.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen,_King_of_England>
1876:
The Colony of New Zealand dissolved its nine provinces and
replaced them with 63 counties.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_New_Zealand>
1928:
Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk introduced the current
29-letter Turkish alphabet to replace the Ottoman Turkish alphabet as
the official writing system of the Turkish language.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_alphabet>
1954:
The Front de Libération Nationale began the Algerian War of
Independence against French rule.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War>
1963:
The Arecibo Observatory (pictured), with the world's largest
single-dish radio telescope, officially opened in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
auton:
(science fiction) A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living
being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/auton>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When we survey the whole field of religion, we find a great
variety in the thoughts that have prevailed there; but the feelings on
the one hand and the conduct on the other are almost always the same,
for Stoic, Christian, and Buddhist saints are practically
indistinguishable in their lives. The theories which Religion generates,
being thus variable, are secondary; and if you wish to grasp her
essence, you must look to the feelings and the conduct as being the more
constant elements.
--William James
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_James>