Anton van Dale, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anton van Dale

Dutch minister

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1638

Place of Birth: Haarlem, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1708

Profession: writer, physician

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Anton van Dale (Anthonie, Antonius) (8 November 1638 in Haarlem – 28 November 1708 in Haarlem) was a Dutch Mennonite preacher, physician and writer on religious subjects, described by the contemporary theologian Jean Le Clerc as an enemy of superstition.
He was a critic of witch-hunting.His De oraculis veterum ethnicorum dissertationes (1683) was an influential work on oracles, which he argued against the supernatural and the role of the Devil in the pagan oracular tradition.
In this he was followed two decades later by Fontenelle, who wrote his Histoire des oracles as an adaptation and popularized version of van Dale's work.