name: Pieter Geyl
birth_date: 1887-12-15 00:00:00
death_date: 1966-12-31 00:00:00
genres: History
avg_rating: 3.71
ratings_count: 147
about: Dutch historian and Historiographer. His main focus was Dutch history and the birth of the Dutch as a nation. Geyl also was one of the first promoters of the "Greater-Netherlands" idea, which goal is a unification of the Netherlands and Flanders in one country.During the second world war he was forbidden to publish and was interned for a couple of years. Dutch historian and Historiographer. His main focus was Dutch history and the birth of the Dutch as a nation. Geyl also was one of the first promoters of the "Greater-Netherlands" idea, which goal is a unification of the Netherlands and Flanders in one country.During the second world war he was forbidden to publish and was interned for a couple of years. ...more