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HEINSIUS (or HEINS) DANIEL
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URL: http://77.1911encyclopedia.org/H/HE/HEINSIUS_or_HEINS_DANIEL.htm
shown in filters: Personalia (1580-1655), one of the most famous scholars of the Dutch Renaissance, was born at Ghent on the gth of June 1580. The troubles of the Spanish war drove his parents to settle first at Veere in Zeeland, then in England, next at Ryswick and lastly at Flushing. In 1594, being already remarkable for his attainments, he was sent to the university of Franeker to perfect himself in Greek under Henricus Schotanus. He stayed at Franeker half a year, and then settled at Leiden for the remaining sixty years of his life. There he studied under Joseph Scaliger, and there he found Marnix de St Aldegonde, Janus Douza, Paulus Merula and others, and was soon taken into the society of these celebrated men as their equal. [ eng ] |
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Heinsius, Daniel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
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URL: http://www.bartleby.com/65/he/Heinsius.html
shown in filters: References and Indices 1580–1655, Dutch classicist. One of the most famous Renaissance scholars, he edited many Latin works, composed fine Latin poetry, and wrote in Dutch as well. His son Nikolaas Heinsius, 1620–81, rivaled his father as an author and editor of Latin poetry. [ eng ] |
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