Gymnasium Haganum

The Gymnasium Haganum is one of the oldest public schools in the Netherlands, located in the city of The Hague. First mentioned in 1327, the school is currently housed in a monumental Renaissance Revival architecture building, built in 1907. It has around 840 students, and is one of the top schools in the country, according to a yearly survey by the Dutch magazine Elsevier. The name gymnasium refers to the type of school, the Dutch gymnasium. This type of secondary school is comparable to English grammar schools and U.S. college prep schools. In the Netherlands the gymnasium consists of six years in which pupils study the usual school subjects, with the addition of compulsory Ancient Greek and Latin, plus extra emphasis on academic and artistic skills. Notable alumni Notable alumni include: Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch Prime Minister Pieter Cort van der Linden, Dutch Prime Minister Annemarie, Duchess of Parma, journalist and consultant Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ferdinand Bordewijk, writer Jacobus Capitein, scholar Carel Gabriel Cobet, classical scholar Conrad Busken Huet, writer Willem Drees Jr., politician and economist Pieter Nicolaas van Eyck, poet and philosopher Dirk Fock, politician Paul Verhoeven, film director Herman Theodoor Colenbrander, historian Willem van Eysinga, diplomat and jurist Marcellus Emants, novelist Pieter Geyl, historian Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff, Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, politician Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge, politician Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eelco van Kleffens, Minister of Foreign Affairs and diplomat H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen, astronomer See also List of the oldest schools in the world