Hendrik Willem van Loon

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Hendrik Willem van Loon was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and author best known for his popular illustrated history books for young readers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch-American
illustrator
journalist
person
activeIn Netherlands NERFINISHED
United States of America NERFINISHED
awardReceived Newbery Medal NERFINISHED
awardReceivedFor The Story of Mankind NERFINISHED
awardReceivedYear 1922
citizenship Netherlands NERFINISHED
United States of America
countryOfBirth Netherlands NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1882-01-14
dateOfDeath 1944-03-11
educatedAt Cornell University
University of Munich NERFINISHED
employer Cornell University
various American newspapers
era 20th century
familyName van Loon NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork education
history
journalism
genre children's literature
non-fiction
popular history
givenName Hendrik NERFINISHED
Willem NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
English
notableFor popular illustrated history books for young readers
notableWork The Arts
The Story of America NERFINISHED
The Story of Mankind NERFINISHED
The Story of the Bible NERFINISHED
The Story of the Dutch in America NERFINISHED
Tolerance NERFINISHED
Van Loon’s Geography NERFINISHED
occupation author
historian
journalist
lecturer
radio commentator
placeOfBirth Rotterdam NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Old Greenwich, Connecticut NERFINISHED
spouse Elisabeth Sanford NERFINISHED
Eliza Ingersoll Bowditch NERFINISHED
Frances Goodrich Ames NERFINISHED

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Newbery Medal firstRecipient Hendrik Willem van Loon
The Story of Mankind basedOn Hendrik Willem van Loon