| Nicholas J. Spykman AKA Nicholas John Spykman Born: 13-Oct-1893
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: 26-Jun-1943
Location of death: New Haven, CT [1]
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Geographer Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Godfather of Containment
[1] New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT.
Father: Klaas Spykman
Mother: Elizabeth van Vorstenberg
Wife: Elizabeth Choate (juvenile author, until his death, two daughters)
Daughter: Angelica
Daughter: Patricia
University: Delft University
University: University of Cairo
University: BA, University of California at Berkeley (1921)
University: MA, University of California at Berkeley (1922)
University: PhD, University of California at Berkeley (1923)
Professor: Sterling Professor of International Relations, Yale University (1928-40)
Administrator: Chair, Dept. of International Relations, Yale University (1935-40)
Academy of Political Science
American Academy of Political and Social Science
American Political Science Association
Council on Foreign Relations
Naturalized US Citizen 1928
Author of books:
The Social Theory of Georg Simmel (1925, nonfiction)
America's Strategy in World Politics (1942, international affairs)
The Geography of the Peace (1944, international affairs)
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