Emanuel van Meteren, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Emanuel van Meteren

Dutch historian

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1535

Place of Birth: Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 11-Apr-1612

Profession: historian

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Emanuel van Meteren or Meteeren (6 September 1535 – 11 April 1612) was a Flemish historian and Consul for "the Traders of the Low Countries" in London.
He was born in Antwerp, the son of Sir Jacobus van Meteren, Dutch financier and publisher of early English versions of the Bible, and Ottilia Ortellius, of the famous Ortellius family of mapmakers, and nephew of the cartographer Abraham Ortelius.