Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882 – March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author. Van Loon was born in...
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Willem van Loon (15 August 1891 – 29 November 1975) was a Dutch tug of war competitor, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Arnhem...
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County of Loon Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944), Dutch-American historian and journalist Van Loon's Lives, his 1942 book Johan van Loon (1934–2020)...
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illustrated by Dutch-American journalist, professor, and author Hendrik Willem van Loon. It was published in 1921. In 1922, it was awarded the Newbery Medal...
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The Atlas van Loon was commissioned by Frederik Willem van Loon of Amsterdam. It consists of a large number of maps published between 1649 and 1676: Volumes...
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SS Hendrik Willem Van Loon was a liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Hendrik Willem Van Loon, a Dutch-American...
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based on the nonfiction book The Story of Mankind (1921) by Hendrik Willem van Loon. The film was directed and coproduced by Irwin Allen and released by...
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Van Loon's Lives is a book by the Dutch-American writer Hendrik Willem van Loon published in 1942. Its full title, deliberately written in a manner already...
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In 1920 Van Loon won the silver medal as member of the Dutch tug of war team. He was the older brother of Willem van Loon. "Antonius van Loon". Olympedia...
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Van Loon's law appears to be a poorly attributed statement drawn from a book published in 1929. It may originate in Hendrik Willem van Loon. "The amount...
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based on the nonfiction book The Story of Mankind (1921) by Hendrik Willem van Loon. Wilson's last film was 1962's Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, based on...
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children's books is awarded by the American Library Association to Hendrik Willem van Loon for The Story of Mankind (1921). Ruby M. Ayres – The Street Below Pío...
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Mencken in 1920; David Allan Robertson in 1921; Dorothy Parker, Hendrik Willem van Loon, and Albert Payson Terhune in the 1930s; George Jean Nathan in 1935;...
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Amsterdam Trail. The Dutch-American historian and journalist Hendrik Willem van Loon wrote in 1933 a work of alternative history entitled "If the Dutch...
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version of Kennet or Wilford.) Hoyt Hopewell Hudson (1941) Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1942) Harry Carter (1952) R.A. Adams (1989) Clarence Miller (2003)...
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pianist Information Please episode 1939.01.17 with panelists Hendrik Willem van Loon and Ogden Nash MP3 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621790/ Ogden Nash...
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Goudstikker (1865-1926), feminist and photographer Kees van Dongen (1877–1968), painter Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944), writer Louis Davids (1883–1939), cabaretier...
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Thomas J. Lyons Raymond Clapper Hugh J. Kilpatrick Noah Brown Hendrik Willem Van Loon Stephen Beasley Jasper F. Cropsey William Crane Gray Ethelbert Nevin...
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nominated by any librarian, then the jury voted for one favorite. Hendrik van Loon's non-fiction history book The Story of Mankind won with 163 votes out of...
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on December 20, 1939 in New York: left to right: former President Herbert Hoover, Hendrik Willem van Loon and New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia...
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The Story of Mankind (1957), a very loose adaptation of the Hendrik Willem van Loon book of the same name. It featured cameos from the Marx Brothers, Ronald...
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Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944), Dutch-American historian and journalist Vincent Willem Van Gogh, Dutch post-impressionist painter Dale Willem Steyn...
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Guy de Maupassant, Maurice Maeterlinck (The Sightless) and Hendrik Willem van Loon (The Story of Mankind). Some of the translated titles include: Film...
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Wendelin Van Draanen (born 1965) – Sammy Keyes series, Flipped Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944) – The Story of Mankind (nonfiction) Shreekumar Varma (born...
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who married Willem van Loon. A few of those paintings can still be seen in Museum Van Loon, but the rest of the other half of the Van Winter collection...
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painter (1999) Leopold Karel, Count of Limburg Stirum, politician (1963) Willem van Loon, merchant (1955) Hendrik Lorentz, physicist (1928) Hedwiges Maduro...
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Berlage (1856–1934) Jo van den Broek (1898–1978) Jacob van Campen (1596–1657), Dutch Golden Age architect Pierre Cuypers (1827–1921) Willem Marinus Dudok (1884–1974)...
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and art collecting. During this time Annewies became acquainted with Willem van Loon (1794-1847), and in 1815 the two announced their engagement. This allowed...
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uncollected ones: "If the Dutch Had Kept Nieuw Amsterdam" by Hendrik Willem van Loon. "If: A Jacobite Fantasy" by Charles Petrie (1926): Charles Edward...
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Clasina Gildemeester. In 1884 she married the banker Willem Hendrik van Loon, a member of the Van Loon family. As a wedding gift, they received the building...
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