CORT VAN DER LINDEN, PIETER WILLEM ADRIAN (1846-1935), Dutch politician, until 1897 followed an academic career, mainly interesting himself in economics. In that year he became minister of justice and he retained this post until 1901, when he was appointed a member of the State Council. In 1913, after the Social Democrats had refused to co-operate with the Liberal parties, thus creating a parliamentary deadlock, Dr. Cort van der Linden formed an extra-parliamentary cabinet, which during the World War assumed the character of a national cabinet. In virtue of this he succeeded in bringing about a revision of the Constitution, which put an end to both the electoral "war" and the schools "war," which for half a century had dominated politics in the Netherlands. Bills were passed providing for proportional rep resentation, universal manhood suffrage, which gave a prospect of extending the franchise to women. A bill was also passed by which denominational schools were placed upon an equal financial basis with the schools provided by public authority. After his cabi net had resigned in 1918 Dr. Cort van der Linden was again appointed a member of the State Council.