Adriaan Reland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adriaan Reland

Dutch scholar

Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1676

Place of Birth: Graft-De Rijp, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 05-Feb-1718

Profession: writer, poet, historian, university teacher, cartographer, philologist, linguist

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Adriaan Reland (also known as Adriaen Reeland/Reelant, Hadrianus Relandus) (17 July 1676, De Rijp, North Holland – 5 February 1718, Utrecht) was a noted Dutch Orientalist scholar, cartographer and philologist.
He is considered to have made a long-lasting and significant contribution to research of the historical geography of early Palestine.