Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944)
Autor(a) de The Story of Mankind
About the Author
Hendrik Willem van Loon was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on January 14, 1882. He immigrated to the United States in 1902 and attended Cornell University, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1905. After graduating, he became a news correspondent for the Associated Press. He reported from mostrar mais Russia on the Russian Revolution in 1905 and from Belgium during World War I in 1914. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Munich in 1911. His dissertation, The Fall of the Dutch Republic, was published as a book in 1913. He lectured at Cornell University on European History from 1915-1917 and served as the Department Head of Social Sciences at Antioch College, Ohio from 1921-1922. He was an author, historian, and illustrator. His wrote about 40 books during his lifetime including The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom, The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators, Report to Saint Peter, and The Story of Mankind, which received the Newberry Medal in 1922. During World War II, he broadcast speeches to the Netherlands. For his contributions during the war, Queen Wilhelmina, the Dutch queen, knighted him in 1942. He died on March 11, 1944 at the age of 62. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Hendrik Willem van Loon
Fighters for Freedom: Simon Bolivar and Thomas Jefferson 10 exemplares
A Short History of Discovery: From the Earliest Times to the Founding of Colonies in the American Continent (2007) 9 exemplares
The Story of Wilbur the Hat 8 exemplares
Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language Encyclopedic Edition [1951 Red Cloth Hardback Covers] 5 exemplares
The NBC Symphony Orchestra 3 exemplares
Rare Hendrick Willem Van Loon THE ARTS Simon & Schuster 1937 with Book Mark [Hardcover] Hendrick Willem Van Loon 2 exemplares
Adriaen Block. Skipper, Trader, Explorer 2 exemplares
The Life and Times of Scipio Fuhlhaber 1 exemplar
Hendrik Van Loon's Wide World Game 1 exemplar
Short History of Discovery 1 exemplar
The Life and Times of Rembrandt [abridged] 1 exemplar
Multiplex Man 1 exemplar
THE STORY OF MANKIND by Hendrik - Annotated 1 exemplar
Istoria omenirii 1 exemplar
Folk Songs of Many Lands 1 exemplar
Paintings by Vincent Van Gogh 1 exemplar
La geografia 1 exemplar
Man the Miracle Worker 1 exemplar
Newbery Award Fictions 1 exemplar
A Short Wave Journey of Discovery 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Data de nascimento
- 1882-01-14
- Data de falecimento
- 1944-03-11
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Netherlands (birth)
USA (naturalized 1919) - Local de nascimento
- Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Local de falecimento
- Old Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- Causa da morte
- heart valve collapse
- Locais de residência
- Netherlands
Germany
Ithaca, New York, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Washington DC, USA
Moscow, Russia (mostrar todos 14)
Warsaw, Poland
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Greenwich Village, New York, USA
Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
London, England, UK
Veere, Zeeland, Niederlande
Connecticut, USA - Educação
- Harvard University
Cornell University (AB|1905)
University of Munich (Ph.D|1911) - Ocupações
- journalist
professor
historian - Organizações
- Associated Press
Baltimore Sun
NBC
Greenwich Time
Antioch College - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Newbery Award (1922)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1938)
Knighthood (Netherland, 1942)
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Sonlight Books (1)
Newbery Adjacent (10)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 70
- Also by
- 8
- Membros
- 3,873
- Popularidade
- #6,546
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 84
- ISBN
- 185
- Línguas
- 14
- Marcado como favorito
- 4