Jan Romein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Romein

Dutch historian

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1893

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 16-Jul-1962

Profession: historian, university teacher, journalist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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.
His work has been translated into English, German, French, Italian, Indonesian and Japanese.