Richard Leonard Arnold Schoemaker (5 October 1886 – 3 May 1942) was a Dutch Olympic fencer, engineer in the

Royal Netherlands East Indies Army The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (; KNIL, ; ) was the military force maintained by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its colony of the Dutch East Indies, in areas that are now part of Indonesia. The KNIL's air arm was the Royal Netherl ...

, professor of architecture at

Bandung Institute of Technology The Bandung Institute of Technology (; , abbreviated as ITB) is a public research university located in Bandung, Indonesia. It has produced many notable leaders in science, engineering, politics, business, academia, and culture. ITB is one of th ...

and

Delft University of Technology The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...

, and leader of a resistance group during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, for which he was executed at the

Sachsenhausen concentration camp Sachsenhausen () or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. It mainly held political prisoners t ...

. He competed in the individual

sabre A sabre or saber ( ) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the Early Modern warfare, early modern and Napoleonic period, Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such a ...

event at the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were originally schedu ...

. He was one of 95 people who, most posthumously, received the

Dutch Cross of Resistance The Verzetskruis 1940–1945 (English: ''Cross of Resistance 1940–1945'') is a decoration for valour in the Netherlands. Instituted on May 3, 1946, it was awarded in recognition of the individual courage shown in resistance against the ...

. The street forming the eastern border of the Delft University campus is named ''Schoemakerstraat'' after him.René & Peter van der Krogt
Schoemakerstraat
at stratenvandelft.nl

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schoemaker, Richard 1886 births 1942 deaths Sportspeople from Roermond Graduates of the Koninklijke Militaire Academie Dutch male fencers Olympic fencers for the Netherlands Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Royal Netherlands East Indies Army officers Dutch expatriates in Indonesia Dutch military engineers Dutch architects Academic staff of Bandung Institute of Technology Academic staff of the Delft University of Technology Dutch resistance members Dutch civilians killed in World War II People who died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp Recipients of the Dutch Cross of Resistance Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps Dutch people who died in Nazi concentration camps Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands) 20th-century Dutch sportsmen