Auguste Théodore Vander Meersch (1810–1881) was a Belgian writer who was heavily involved in producing the Biographie Nationale de Belgique.
Abandoning the legal profession, he focused his efforts on local history and biographical research.
[1] When Jules de Saint-Genois launched the plan for a Biographie Nationale, Vander Meersch drafted the first list of who should be included.
[1] He also wrote a number of entries himself, especially of lesser literary figures for which no takers could be found among the regular contributors.
[1] Vander Meersch was furthermore a contributor on political and economic questions to the daily newspapers.