Hugo Blotius
Dutch scholar and librarian
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Born | 1533 (1533) Delft, Netherlands |
Died | January 29, 1608(1608-01-29) (aged 74–75) Vienna, Austria |
Known for | First head librarian of the Imperial Library |
Hugo Blotius or Hugo de Bloote (1533, Delft – 29 January 1608, Vienna)[1] was a Dutch scholar and librarian. He first became interested in librarianship while studying for a law degree in Orléans between 1566 and 1567.[2] In 1575, Emperor Maximilian II appointed him the first head librarian of the Imperial Library.[3]
References
- ^ Hugo Blotius at the Biography Portal of the Netherlands
- ^ Louthan, Howard (2006). The Quest for Compromise: Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna. Cambridge University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-521-02712-0.
- ^ "Hugo Blotius, kaiserlicher Bibliothekar" (in German). Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
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