HEINSIUS, NICOLAAS

(1620–1681)

The son of Daniel Heinsius, he was appointed to the diplomatic service of the Swedish queen Christina. He edited many Roman authors and wrote neo-Latin po etry. His son Nicolaas (1656–1718) was the physician of Christina of Sweden (in Rome) and the electors of Brandenburg and Cleves, Ger many. He wrote a famous picaresque novel, Den vermakelyken avan turier (1695).