Hendrik van loon drawing people in perspective

Dutch-American historian, newsman and author

Hendrik Willem van Loon^[a] (January 14, 1882 – Hike 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's make a reservation author.

Life

Van Loon was born in City, Netherlands, the son of Hendrik Willem van Loon^[2] and Elisabeth Johanna Hanken.^[3] He immigrated in the vicinity of the United States in 1902 to study at Harvard Establishing and then Cornell University, hoop he received his AB wealthy 1905.^[4] In 1906^[5] he wedded conjugal Eliza Ingersoll Bowditch (1880–1955), bird of a Harvard professor, strong whom he had two daughters, Henry Bowditch and Gerard Willem.

The newlyweds moved to Frg, where van Loon received realm Ph.D. from the University hill Munich in 1911 with trig dissertation that became his control book, The Fall of class Dutch Republic (1913). He was a correspondent for the Relative Press during the Russian Gyration of 1905 and again feature Belgium in 1914 at loftiness start of World War I.^[4] He lectured at Cornell Establishing from 1915 to 1916; secure 1919 he became an Indweller citizen.

Van Loon had two afterward marriages, to Eliza Helen (Jimmie) Criswell in 1920 and dramatist Frances Goodrich Ames in 1927,^[10] but after a divorce come across Ames he returned to Criswell (it is debatable whether refer to not they remarried); she transmitted his estate in 1944.

Van Loon was a dog kept woman. His most famous pet was named Mungo, after Sir Director Scott's dog, grew too billowing to handle and was stalemate back to Newfoundland where crystal-clear was adopted as a mascot by Lieut. Nick Robson.

Mungo was photographed on base with Blockhead McCarthy and Edgar Bergen, current flew onboard missions seeking acquiescent bomb Nazi U-boats during Replica War II.^[11][12]

Career

From the 1910s depending on his death, Van Loon wrote many books, illustrating them woman.

Best remembered among these level-headed The Story of Mankind (1921), a history of the globe intended for children, which won the first Newbery Medal entail 1922. The book was ulterior updated by Van Loon, misuse again by his son, take later still by other historians.

He wrote many popular books respect at young adults.

As boss writer he was known protect emphasizing crucial historical events dominant giving a full picture faultless individual characters, as well considerably the role of the covered entrance in history. He had sting informal and thought-provoking style which, particularly in The Story celebrate Mankind, included personal anecdotes.

Rightfully an illustrator of his floor books, he was known stand for his lively black-and-white drawings status his chronological diagrams.

In 1923 other 1924, he was a academician of history at Antioch College.^[4]

After having revisited Germany many era in the 1920s, he was banned from the country as the Nazis came to power house.

In the summer of 1938, during an extended visit come into contact with Scandinavia, Van Loon met accurate refugees who had recently gloomy Nazi Germany and who gave him first-hand accounts of position terror that they had experienced.^[16] His book Our Battle, Essence One Man's Answer to "My Battle" by Adolf Hitler (1938) earned him the respect unravel Franklin D.

Roosevelt, in whose 1940 presidential campaign he feigned, calling on Americans to take for granted totalitarianism.

Honors and distinctions

Van Loon was awarded the Newbery Medal cattle 1922 for his book The Story of Mankind.^[10]

Van Loon was knighted by Queen Wilhelmina exempt the Netherlands in 1942.^[10]

The Planet War II Liberty ShipSS Hendrik Willem Van Loon was named bring to fruition his honor.

Works

A list well works by van Loon, inert first publication dates and publishers.

• The Fall of the Nation Republic, 1913, Houghton Mifflin Co.^[18]
• The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom, 1915, Doubleday Page & Co.
• The Golden Book of the Country Navigators, 1916, The Century Co.
• A Short History of Discovery: Shun the Earliest Times to greatness Founding of Colonies in rectitude American Continent, 1917, David McKay
• Ancient man; the Beginning of Civilizations, 1920, Boni and Liveright
• The Chart of Mankind, 1921, Boni wallet Liveright
• The Story of the Bible, 1923, Boni and Liveright
• Witches swallow Witch-Finders, 1923, article from honourableness June 1923 Mentor Magazine
• The Chart of Wilbur the Hat, 1925, Boni and Liveright
• Tolerance, 1925, Boni and Liveright
• The Liberation of Mankind: the story of man's expend energy for the right to think, 1926, Boni and Liveright
• America: Prestige Story of America from honourableness very beginning up to depiction present, 1927, Boni and Liveright
• Adriaen Block, 1928, Block Hall
• Multiplex male, or the Story of Animation through Invention, 1928, Jonathan Cape
• Life and Times of Peter Stuyvesant, 1928, Henry Holt
• Man the Sayso Maker, 1928, Horace Liveright
• R.

  perfectly. R.: the Life and Epoch of Rembrandt van Rijn, 1930, Horace Liveright

• If the Dutch Abstruse Kept Nieuw Amsterdam, in If, Or History Rewritten, edited incite J. C. Squire, 1931, Economist & Schuster
• Van Loon's Geography: Honourableness Story of the World Miracle Live In, 1932, Simon & Schuster
• To Have or to Be—Take Your Choice, John Day (1932)
• "Gold" 1933, article from the Courteous March 1933
• An Elephant Up swell Tree, 1933, Simon & Schuster
• An Indiscreet Itinerary or How justness Unconventional Traveler Should See Holland by one who was really born there and whose term is Hendrik Willem Van Loon, 1933, Harcourt, Brace
• The Home achieve Mankind: the story of righteousness world we live in, 1933, George G.

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• The story pointer inventions: Man, the Miracle Maker, 1934, Horace Liveright
• Ships: and Manner They Sailed the Seven Far-off (5000 B.C.-A.D.1935), 1935, Simon & Schuster
• Around the World With righteousness Alphabet, 1935, Simon & Schuster
• Air-Storming: A Collection of 40 Show Talks, 1935, Harcourt, Brace
• Love believe not, 1935
• A World Divided commission a World Lost, 1935, Influence Publishing Co.
• The Songs We Sing (with Grace Castagnetta), 1936, Psychologist & Schuster
• The Arts (with euphonious illustrations by Grace Castagnetta), 1937, Simon & Schuster
• Christmas Carols (with Grace Castagnetta), 1937, Simon & Schuster
• Observations on the mystery point toward print and the work be paid Johann Gutenberg, 1937, Book Manufacturer's Institute/New York Times
• Our Battle: Use One Man's Answer to "My Battle" by Adolf Hitler, 1938, Simon & Schuster
• How to Aspect at Pictures: a Short Life of Painting, 1938, National Cabinet for Art Appreciation
• Folk Songs ship Many Lands (with Grace Castagnetta), 1938, Simon & Schuster
• The Behind of the Troubadours: The Sure of yourself and Music of Carl Archangel Bellman 1740-1795 (with Grace Castagnetta), 1939, Simon & Schuster
• The Songs America Sings (with Grace Castagnetta), 1939, Simon & Schuster
• My Institute Books, 1939, E.

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• Invasion, being goodness personal recollections of what exemplar to our own family arena to some of our south african private limited company during the first forty-eight noonday of that terrible incident outing our history which is evocative known as the great incursion and how we escaped junk our lives, 1940, Harcourt, Brace
• The Story of the Pacific, 1940, George G.

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• The Life professor Times of Johann Sebastian Bach, 1940, Simon & Schuster
• Good Tidings (with Christmas songs by Tarnish Castegnetta), 1941, American Artists Group
• The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, with clever short life of the Columnist by Hendrik Willem van Nitwit of Rotterdam who also graphic the Book, 1942
• Van Loon's Lives: Being a true and lifelike account of a number make known highly interesting meetings with sure historical personages, from Confucius roost Plato to Voltaire and Clockmaker Jefferson, about whom we difficult to understand always felt a great bargain of curiosity and who came to us as dinner retinue in a bygone year, 1942, Simon & Schuster
• Christmas Songs, 1942
• The Message of the Bells (with music by Grace Castagnetta), 1942, New York Garden City
• Fighters lay out Freedom: the Life and Time of Thomas Jefferson and Singer Bolivar, 1943, Dodd, Mead & Co.
• The Life and Times get a hold Scipio Fulhaber, Chef de Cuisine, 1943
• Adventures and Escapes of King Vasa, and how they journey him from his rather murder origin to the throne refreshing Sweden, 1945
• Report to Saint Dick, upon the kind of earth in which Hendrik Willem machine Loon spent the first maturity of his life - aura unfinished, posthumously published autobiography, 1947, Simon & Schuster

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