Abraham Jacob van der Aa [SEP] native language
Abraham Jacob van der Aa
Abraham Jacob van der Aa (7 December 1792, Amsterdam – 21 March 1857, Gorinchem) was a Dutch writer best known for his dictionaries, one of notable people and the other of notable places in the Netherlands.
He was born in Amsterdam in 1792. His father was a lawyer. From the ages of 6 to 12, he visited the dayschool in Amstelveen. After that, he was sent to the boarding school of J.E. van Iterson in Aarlanderveen but only stayed there for a
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- Abraham Jacob van der Aa, "Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden", vol. 17 (Haarlem 1874), p. 369
- A. P. Fokker, "Verslag van den Hoofsbestuurder-Bibliothecaris aan de commissie tot hen nazien der Bibliotheek," "Weekblad van het nederlandsch tijdschrift voor geneseeskunde", no. 23 (June 9, 1900), in "Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde" 44 (1900), pp. 1068 f.
Further reading.
- Hermannus Bouman, "Geschiedenis van de voormalige geldersche