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.