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Nicholas J. Spykman

1893 - 1943

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Nicholas John Spykman (pronounced "Speak-man", October 13, 1893 – June 26, 1943) was an American political scientist who was Professor of International Relations at Yale University from 1928 until his death in 1943. He was one of the founders of the classical realist school in American foreign policy, transmitting Eastern European political thought to the United States. His work on geopolitics and geostrategy led him to be to known as the "godfather of containment." A Sterling Professor of International Relations, teaching as part of the Institute for International Studies at Yale University, one of his prime concerns was making his students geographically literate, as geopolitics was impossible without geographic understanding. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas J. Spykman is the 6,874th most popular politician (down from 4,849th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 194th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Dutch Politician.

Nicholas J. Spykman is most famous for his theory of geopolitics, which divides the world into three regions: the Heartland, the Rimland, and the Offshore.

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Among politicians, Nicholas J. Spykman ranks 6,874 out of 19,576. Before him are Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, Patrice Talon, Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, Cai Yong, Curtis LeMay, and Camille Chamoun. After him are Taihō Kōki, Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, Maria Miloslavskaya, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Hendrik Verwoerd, and Grimoald, King of the Lombards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Nicholas J. Spykman ranks 74. Before him are Carl Værnet, Conrad Veidt, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, Dean Acheson, and Richard Dix. After him are Roman Ingarden, William Dieterle, Kurt Huber, Mário de Andrade, Raymond Dart, and Feroz Khan Noon. Among people deceased in 1943, Nicholas J. Spykman ranks 59. Before him are Viktor Pavičić, Marina Raskova, Hans Jeschonnek, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Franz Jägerstätter, and Conrad Veidt. After him are R. G. Collingwood, Kurt Huber, Alexander Schmorell, Czesława Kwoka, Christoph Probst, and John Harvey Kellogg.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nicholas J. Spykman ranks 275 out of 1,646. Before him are Sicco Mansholt (1908), Emanuel de Witte (1617), Jozef Israëls (1824), Balthasar van der Ast (1593), William, Prince of Orange (1840), and Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613). After him are Isaac Beeckman (1588), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Joan Blaeu (1596), Wim Hof (1959), Piet de Jong (1915), and Philips Wouwerman (1619).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Nicholas J. Spykman ranks 41. Before him are Princess Sophie of the Netherlands (1824), Jan Peter Balkenende (1956), William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365), Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788), Sicco Mansholt (1908), and William, Prince of Orange (1840). After him are Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Joan Blaeu (1596), Piet de Jong (1915), Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), and Floris I, Count of Holland (1025).

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