![]() ![]() ![]() He transferred to Harvard in 1903 but returned to Cornell the following year, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1905. In 1902 he emigrated to the United States to study at Cornell University. He claimed to have been raised in a "strict form of Calvinism," and was nevertheless "completely indifferent to the claims of any church." He attended schools in Gouda and Voorschoten, including the prestigious Noorthey Institute. Now that lively, well-illustrated non-fiction books for all ages are widely available, his reputation has faded.īorn in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the son of Elisabeth Johanna Hanken and Hendrik Willem van Loon, Hendrik Willem was baptized a Lutheran. He was beloved by the public during his lifetime as an engaging, energetic interpreter of the arts and humanities. Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882-March 11, 1944), a Dutch-American author and illustrator, was the first winner of the Newbery Medal for The Story of Mankind. General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (UK) Unitarian Universalist History & Heritage Society Hendrik Willem van Loon Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography ![]()
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