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Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (died 2014)
Leo Vroman was a Dutch-American hematologist, a prolific poet mainly in Dutch and an illustrator. In 1970 Vroman was awarded the Individual Science Award by Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. In 1946, he published his first poems in the Netherlands, and since then has won almost every Dutch literary poetry prize possible.
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Leo Vroman was born in 1915. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
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| Measure | 1915 | 2026 |
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| Gas | $0.25 | $3.45/gal |
| Movie ticket | $0.10 | $11.95 |
| Population | 98.4M | 341 million |
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