# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicolaas-heinsius-the-elder
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:24:42.892Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicolaas-heinsius-the-elder"
name: "Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder"
slug: "nicolaas-heinsius-the-elder"
description: "Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder was a Dutch classical scholar, poet and diplomat. He travelled all over Europe to visit the major libraries and over time collected Europe's largest private library in the field of classical literature. He is regarded as a brilliant text critic in his critical publications of Claudian, Ovid, Vergil, Prudentius, Velleius and Valerius Flaccus."
tagline: "Dutch classical scholar and poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicolaas_Heinsius_I_(1620-81)._Dichter_en_hoogleraar_te_Leiden%2C_gezant_van_Christina_van_Zweden%2C_SK-A-4593.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1620-07-20"
deathDate: "1681-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.11
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.807848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaes_Heinsius_den_%C3%A4ldre"
    title: "Nikolaes Heinsius den äldre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "نيكولاس هينسيوس الاكبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaas_Heinsius_el_Vieyu"
    title: "Nikolaas Heinsius el Vieyu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaes_Heinsius_der_%C3%84ltere"
    title: "Nikolaes Heinsius der Ältere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas_Heinsius_the_Elder"
    title: "Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaas_Heinsius_el_Viejo"
    title: "Nikolaas Heinsius el Viejo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Heinsius"
    title: "Nicolas Heinsius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaes_Heinsius_il_Vecchio"
    title: "Nikolaes Heinsius il Vecchio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas_Heinsius"
    title: "Nicolaas Heinsius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Heinsius"
    title: "Nicolaus Heinsius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Хейнсий, Николас Старший"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510116"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump