Leon van der Essen | |
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| Born | Leo Joannes van der Essen 12 December 1883 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Died | 10 February 1963 (aged 79) Leuven, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Leuven |
| Thesis | Etude critique et littéraire sur les Vitae des saints mérovingiens de l'ancienne Belgique (1907) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alfred Cauchie |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | Hagiography, Military history |
Leon van der Essen (1883–1963) was a Belgian historian, professor at the Catholic University of Leuven. In 1946 he testified about the German occupation of Belgium at the Nuremberg trials, the only Belgian witness called.