Christianus_Carolus_Henricus_van_der_Aa,_by_Reinier_Vinkeles

Christianus Carolus Henricus van der Aa (25 August 1718 – 23 September 1793) was a Lutheran pastor in Haarlem and secretary of the

Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities The Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities), located on the east side of the Spaarne in downtown Haarlem, Netherlands, was established in 1752 and is the oldest society for the sc ...

Life

Christianus Carolus Henricus was born in

Zwolle Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is on ...

, where his father Balduinus also worked as a pastor. He studied theology first in

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration w ...

, and later in

Jena Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a po ...

. On 22 March 1739 he became a Lutheran pastor in

Alkmaar Alkmaar () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland, about 30 km north of Amsterdam. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination. The ...

, then on August 12, 1742, become a preacher in

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

(he had previously been twice, thanks to a job in Gouda). In Haarlem, at the creation of the

in 1752, where he would play a major role, he was appointed as secretary. Thanks to this he entered into two equally honourable positions, namely at

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

in 1755 and later in

Batavia, Dutch East Indies Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The area corresponds to present-day Jakarta, Indonesia. Batavia can refer to the city proper or its suburbs and hinterland, the Ommelanden, which included the much-larger area of the Residen ...

. He died in the night from 22 to 23 September 1793 in Haarlem. Several of his sermons have appeared in print.

Works

* ''Verhandelingen over den aart van het gebed, in 32 bedestonden'', Haarlem, 1747. (2nd edition, 1793) * ''Een-en-twintig Predikatiën over gewigtige onderwerpen'', Haarlem, 1748 (2nd edition, 1784) * ''Onderzoek der hoofdoogmerken van onzen Heer J.C., in eenige der voornaamste gevallen zijns levens'', Haarlem, 1755. (2nd edition, 1793) * ''Vier Predikatiën gehouden te Schiedam, bij gelegenheid van de oprigting dier gemeente enz.'', Haarlem, 1758, 8°. (2nd edition, 1793) * ''De Mensch als Gods beeld beschouwd'', Haarlem, 1769. * ''Leerrede over II. Cor. V. vs. 20: ter bevestiging van Ds. P.A. Hulsbeek'', Haarlem, 1784. * ''Aanspraak in het Luthersche Weeshuis te Haarlem, den 20 Januarij 1789, bij de viering der vijftigste verjaring van dat Godshuis''. * ''De vereischte van ware godsvrucht, om Gods beeld op aarde te wezen. Haarlem 1792.'' * '' 's Menschen ingang tot heerlijkheid, om in het toekomende leven Gods beeld in volkomenheid te wezen'', 3 dln., Haarlem, 1792. * ''Leerrede over II Petri I. vs. 12-14, ter gedachtenis van zijnen 50jarigen Predikdienst bij de gemeente te Haarlem'', 1792.

References

* art. Aa (Christianus Carolus Henricus van der), in A.J. van der Aa, ''Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden. Deel 1'', Haarlem, 1852, pp
1-3
* art. Aa (Christianus Carolus Henricus v. d.), in S. de Bruin, ''Geographisch-historisch woordenboek. Deel 1: A-G'', Leiden, 1869, p
23
* J.W. Pont, art. Aa (Christianus Carolus Henricus van der), in P.C. Molhuysen - P.J. Blok (edd.), ''Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 1'', Leiden, 1911, p
2

External links

Image (GeheugenvanNederland.nl) (in Dutch)

Biography, works and texts
span> at the Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (dbnl) (in Dutch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Aa, Christianus Carolus Henricus van der 1718 births 1793 deaths 18th-century Dutch people 18th-century Lutheran clergy Dutch Protestant ministers and clergy Leiden University alumni Members of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen People from Zwolle University of Jena alumni