Pieter Geyl

(1887–1966) Historian

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Pieter Geyl was a historian, best known for The revolt of the Netherlands, 1555-1609.

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Pieter Catharinus Arie Geyl was a Dutch historian, well known for his studies in early modern Dutch history and in historiography.

Biography source: Wikipedia

History is an argument without end.

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Imagination plays too important a role in the writing of history, and what is imagination but the projection of the author's personality.

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Wars usually have the effect of speeding up the process of history.

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