Laan, Peter

Laan, Peter a Dutch theologian, was born December 24, 1696. He studied at Utrecht and Leyden, and acted as preacher at different places from 1722 to 1739. In the latter year he was called as professor of theology and university preacher to Franeker, and died April 4, 1743. He published, Disp. ad Inscript. Psalsmi 31; — Ad Job 5:23: — De Tolerantia Civili ad Socinianos non Extendenda, Gesnuinis Mennonitis Minimze Iniqua. See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)