Abraham Jacob van der Aa

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Abraham Jacob van der Aa (Amsterdam, 7 December 1792 - Gorinchem, 21 March 1857) was a Dutch literator. He wrote several reference works; the most famous were a gazetteer and a biographical dictionary, Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden.

The Aardrijkskundig Woordenboek der Nederlanden ("Geographical dictionary of the Netherlands") was a 14-volume gazetteer, published between 1839 and 1851. It was written with the help of a large number of regional historians and other geographers. It covers the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and the former Dutch colonies. It is the still used as a reference work, because of the large amount of historical information, even though this has been shown to be unreliable in some cases.

Persondata
NAME	Aa, Abraham Jacob van der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Dutch author
DATE OF BIRTH	December 7, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amsterdam, Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH	March 21, 1857
PLACE OF DEATH	Gorinchem, Netherlands