JAN WAGENAAR
\d͡ʒˈan we͡ɪd͡ʒnˈɑː], \dʒˈan weɪdʒnˈɑː], \dʒ_ˈa_n w_eɪ_dʒ_n_ˈɑː]\
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A Dutch historian; born at Amsterdam, Oct. 3, 1709; died there, March 1773. His best-known work is "History of the Fatherland" (21 vols., 1749-60): the work reaches down to the year 1751. He wrote also: "Description of the United Provinces of the Netherlands" (12 vols., 1739); "Description of Amsterdam" (3 vols., 1760-67).
By Charles Dudley Warner
