Antonie Aris van de Loosdrecht

Antonie Aris van de Loosdrecht (1 March 1885, Veenendaal – 26 July 1917, Tana Toraja) was a Dutch missionary.^[1] He was sent by Gereformeerde Zendingsbond, a Christian missionary agency which was established in the Netherlands.^[2]

Antonie Aris van de Loosdrecht was sent by Gereformeerde Zendingsbond ^[3] to work in the Dutch East Indies.^[1] He was the first missionary who arrived in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, Dutch East Indies, where he built many schools.^[2] He also wrote books in the ethnic Toraja language for the students.^[4] He also requested that fellow Dutch missionary Hendrik van der Veen be sent to Tana Toraja.