Auguste Théodore Vander Meersch (1810–1881) was a Belgian writer who was heavily involved in producing the '' Biographie Nationale de Belgique''.

Life

Vander Meersch was born in

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on 25 August 1810. He studied at Ghent University, graduating with a doctorate in law in 1833. Abandoning the legal profession, he focused his efforts on local history and biographical research.

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, "Meersch (Auguste-Théodore Vander)", '' Biographie Nationale de Belgique''
vol. 14
(Brussels, 1897), 260-261. When

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launched the plan for a ''Biographie Nationale'', Vander Meersch drafted the first list of who should be included. He undertook the management of the venture, seeing to the printing, accounting and correspondence. He also wrote a number of entries himself, especially of lesser literary figures for which no takers could be found among the regular contributors. Vander Meersch was furthermore a contributor on political and economic questions to the daily newspapers. He died in Ghent on 7 November 1881.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meersch, Auguste Vander 1810 births 1881 deaths Ghent University alumni Belgian biographers