Herman Hoogland

Male, Deceased Person

1891 – 1955

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Who was Herman Hoogland?

Herman Hoogland was the first draughts world-champion from the Netherlands. He dominated the game for over a decade and became a leading student of it. He began playing the game seriously in 1908 at age seventeen. In 1912 he became world champion for the first time. From 1923 onward he became an advocate for a different way of playing the game.

He died in 1955.

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Born
Oct 31, 1891
Died
Nov 25, 1955

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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