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- Birth nameHendrik Willem Van Loon
- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Hendrik Willem Van Loon was born on January 14, 1882 in the Netherlands (Father also named Hendrik Willem). He graduated from Harvard University and did his doctoral work in Munich. He is best noted for his lively histories and biographies for children (but much enjoyed by adults too) decorated with his own drawings. His best known works include The Story of Mankind (winner of the first Newberry Medal) first published in 1921 and still making updated appearances in bookstores, Thomas Jefferson, Johann Sebastian Bach, The Story of America (1927), Tolerance, Our War, Van Loon's Lives, The Story of the Bible, and The Life and Times of Rembrandt, all told he wrote over thirty books. He was married twice and had two sons by his first wife, Henry B. and Gerard Willem. He was living in Connecticut at the time of his death.
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- SpousesEliza Helen Criswell(1930 - March 11, 1944) (his death)Frances Goodrich(October 11, 1927 - January 16, 1930) (divorced)Eliza Helen Criswell(August 3, 1920 - October 10, 1927) (divorced)Eliza Ingersoll Bowditch(June 18, 1906 - June 29, 1920) (divorced, 2 children)
- Two sons born to his first marriage, Henry Bowditch Van Loon born June 22, 1907 and Gerard Willem Van Loon born January 16, 1911.
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