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A Van Dyke Chronology |
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| 1652 | Thomasse Janse Van Dyke arrives in New Amsterdam from the Netherlands. |
| 1856 | John C. Van Dyke born on 21 April 1856, at Green Oaks, a mansion in the idyllic countryside near New Brunswick, New Jersey. |
| 1868 | Van Dyke's father moves the family to a Minnesota just emerging from the pioneer stage. |
| 1876- 77 | John C. returns East, attends Columbia Law School, and is admitted to the bar. |
| 1878 | Settles permanently in hometown New Brunswick. Becomes assistant librarian at the Gardner A. Sage Library of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary. In the following years makes frequent commutes to nearby New York City, where he is involved in the world of art. |
| 1883(?) | First of many trips to Europe initiates Van Dyke's world travels in pursuit of art and natural beauty. |
| 1886 | Appointment as head librarian at the Sage begins the consolidation of his career. |
| 1889 | Starts lecturing on art at Rutgers College, across the street from the Seminary. |
| 1891 | Appointed first professor of the history of art at Rutgers, a position he holds concurrently with his directorship of the Sage. |
| 1893 | Art for Art's Sake. |
| 1898 | Nature for Its Own Sake, the first of his ‘‘Natural Appearances’’ volumes. The series will include separate works on the beauty of the desert, sea, mountains, and other natural features. |
| 1899(?)- 1901 | Several trips through the Southwest and Mexico. |
| 1901 | The Desert becomes the first book devoted to praising the beauty of America's arid expanses. |
| 1908 | Elected member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York City. |
| 1911- 24 | Serves on the New Jersey State Board of Education. |
| 1914 | While touring Europe, narrowly escapes the German advance at the outbreak of World War I. |
| 1915 | The Raritan, a poetic history of the Van Dyke family. |
| 1916 | The Mountain. |
| 1920 | The Grand Canyon. Edits the Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie. |
| 1922 | The Open Spaces offers tall tales representing Van Dyke's life in the outdoors. |
| 1923 | Rembrandt and His School causes uproar in the art world. |
| 1926 | The Meadows, Van Dyke's praise of the gentle countryside surrounding hometown New Brunswick. |
| 1931 | In Egypt. Completes his Autobiography. |
| 1932 | In the West Indies, his final book. Dies on 5 December 1932, at St. Luke's Hospital in New York City at the age of seventy-six, of cancer, following an operation. |
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