# Herman Hoogland

> Herman Hoogland was the first draughts world-champion from the Netherlands. He dominated the game for over a decade and became a leading student of it. He began playing the game seriously in 1908 at age seventeen. In 1912 he became world champion for the first time. From 1923 onward he became an advocate for a different way of playing the game.

*Dutch draughts player (1891-1955)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/herman-hoogland

## Identity
- **Country:** Netherlands
- **Born:** 1891-10-31
- **Died:** 1955-11-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 34.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.2 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Herman Hoogland](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hoogland)
- [هيرمان هوجلاند](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF)
- [Herman Hoogland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hoogland)
- [Гогланд, Герман](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Herman Hoogland](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hoogland)
- [Herman Hoogland](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hoogland)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1989762)

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