Abdoel Moeis
Abdul Muis (also spelt Abdoel Moeis) (Birth date unknown17 June 1959), was an Indonesian writer, journalist and nationalist. He argued tirelessly for Indonesia's independence from the Netherlands. Born in Sungai Puar in West Sumatra in either 1883, 1886, or 1890, to a leading member of the Minangkabau and his Javanese wife, Muis received a western education and studied medicine in Jakarta for three years before being forced to pull out due to ill health.Muis first found employment in the civil service, before switching to journalism...