Jan Romein

Jan Marius Romein
Romein (Amsterdam, 1947)
Born(1893-10-30)30 October 1893[1]
Rotterdam
Died16 July 1962(1962-07-16) (aged 68)[1]
Amsterdam
Spouse
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(m. 1920)​
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Leiden[1]
ThesisDostojewski in de Westersche Kritiek. Een hoofdstuk uit de geschiedenis van de literaire roem (1924)
Doctoral advisorNicolaas van Wijk [nl][1]
InfluencesJohan Huizinga,[1], Arnold J. Toynbee[2]
Academic work
School or traditionMarxist historiography
InstitutionsUniversity of Amsterdam
Doctoral studentsBernard Slicher van Bath
Main interestsCultural history, social history, literature
Notable worksDe Lage Landen bij de Zee, Erflaters van onze beschaving (both with Annie Romein-Verschoor), The Watershed of Two Eras. Europe in 1900.
Righteous
Among the Nations
By country

Jan Marius Romein (30 October 1893 – 16 July 1962) was a Dutch historian, journalist, literary scholar and professor of history at the University of Amsterdam. A Marxist and a student of Huizinga, Romein is remembered for his popularizing books of Dutch national history, jointly authored with his wife Annie Romein-Verschoor.[1] His work has been translated into English, German, French, Italian, Polish, Indonesian and Japanese.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Schöffer, I. (2013) [1979]. "Romein, Jan Marius (1893-1962)". Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland.
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