J. A. C. van (Jacobus Adrien Cornelius) Leeuwen

Born in Vlaardingen on February 9, 1870, J. A. C. van Leeuwen studied theology and went on to become a professor of theology at Utrecht University. He died in Utrecht on August 13, 1930.

Van Leeuwen is remembered both as a scholar and as a writer. Dutch literary and library records connect his name with theological publications, including work on the Gospel of Matthew, while Project Gutenberg lists him as the author of Erasmus in its Dutch collection.

For modern readers, his appeal lies in the way he brings serious religious scholarship into book form. His writings belong to a tradition of learned but readable Dutch prose, making him of interest not only to students of theology but also to anyone curious about religious thought in the Netherlands around the turn of the twentieth century.