Hendrik Willem van Loon
Dutch-American historian, journalist, illustrator, and author (1882-1944) · Netherlands · Writers · Died at 62
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Something wrong?Hendrik Willem van Loon was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author.
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On December 20, 1939, a great sympathy meeting for Finland, then embroiled in the Winter War, was arranged in Madison Square Garden. In the picture from the left are former president Herbert Hoover (chairman of the Finland committee), Dr. van Loon, and the mayor of New York, Fiorello La Guardia.
Frontispiece to Van Loon's 1922 book Ancient Man
"The Young Nile", illustration by Van Loon for his book Ancient Man, 1922
Supposed etymology of the word "mother" in The Story of Mankind, by Hendrik van LoonAwards
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About this person
Country
Netherlands
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1882 to 1944 · aged 62
Writers from the Netherlands 6
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