Hugo Blotius

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 Orleans between 1566 and 1567.[2] In 1575, Emperor Maximilian I appointed him the first head librarian of the Imperial Library.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Hugo Blotius at the Biography Portal of the Netherlands
  2. ↑ Louthan, Howard (2006). The Quest for Compromise: Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna. Cambridge University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-521-02712-0.
  3. ↑ "Hugo Blotius, kaiserlicher Bibliothekar" (in German). Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
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