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Hendrik Willem van Loon

3.4/5 ( ratings)
Born
January 13 1882
Died
1010 03 19441944
Hendrik Willem van Loon was a Dutch-American historian and journalist.

Born in Rotterdam, he went to the United States in 1903 to study at Cornell University. He was a correspondent during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and in Belgium in 1914 at the start of World War I. He later became a professor of history at Cornell University and in 1919 became an American citizen.

From the 1910s until his death, Van Loon wrote many books. Most widely known among these is The Story of Mankind, a history of the world especially for children, which won the first Newbery Medal in 1922. The book was later updated by Van Loon and has continued to be updated, first by his son and later by other historians.

However, he also wrote many other very popular books aimed at young adults. As a writer he was known for emphasizing crucial historical events and giving a complete picture of individual characters, as well as the role of the arts in history. He also had an informal style which, particularly in The Story of Mankind, included personal anecdotes.

Hendrik Willem van Loon

3.4/5 ( ratings)
Born
January 13 1882
Died
1010 03 19441944
Hendrik Willem van Loon was a Dutch-American historian and journalist.

Born in Rotterdam, he went to the United States in 1903 to study at Cornell University. He was a correspondent during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and in Belgium in 1914 at the start of World War I. He later became a professor of history at Cornell University and in 1919 became an American citizen.

From the 1910s until his death, Van Loon wrote many books. Most widely known among these is The Story of Mankind, a history of the world especially for children, which won the first Newbery Medal in 1922. The book was later updated by Van Loon and has continued to be updated, first by his son and later by other historians.

However, he also wrote many other very popular books aimed at young adults. As a writer he was known for emphasizing crucial historical events and giving a complete picture of individual characters, as well as the role of the arts in history. He also had an informal style which, particularly in The Story of Mankind, included personal anecdotes.

Books from Hendrik Willem van Loon

The Story of Mankind

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Tolerance

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Van Loon's Lives

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Life and Times of Rembrandt van Rijn

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Arts

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Van Loon's Geography

4.1/5 ( ratings)

The Story of America: From the Very Beginning Up to the Present

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Ancient Man: The Beginning of Civilizations

3/5 ( ratings)

Invasion: Being an Eyewitness Account of the Nazi Invasion of America

4/5 ( ratings)

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4/5 ( ratings)

True Comics #1

5/5 ( ratings)

The Life of Rembrandt Van Rijn

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Classics To Grow On: Here And Now Story Book

2/5 ( ratings)

Man the Miracle Maker

3/5 ( ratings)

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3/5 ( ratings)

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3/5 ( ratings)

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3/5 ( ratings)

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3/5 ( ratings)

The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom

3/5 ( ratings)

The story of invention : man, the miracle maker / by Hendrik Van Loon. 1928 [Leather Bound]

3/5 ( ratings)
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