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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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