Geert Adriaans Boomgaard

Geert Adriaans Boomgaard
Boomgaard at age 100 in 1888
Born(1788-09-21)21 September 1788
Groningen, Dutch Republic
Died(1899-02-03)3 February 1899
(aged 110 years, 135 days)
Groningen, Netherlands
Known for
  • First validated supercentenarian
  • Oldest person ever recorded until 1902
  • Oldest male ever recorded until 1966
  • Veteran of the Napoleonic Wars

Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (21 September 1788; baptized 23 September 1788 – 3 February 1899) was a Dutch supercentenarian and is generally accepted by scholars as the first validated case on record.

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