Hugo Blotius

{{Short description|Dutch scholar and librarian}}

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| name = Hugo Blotius

| image = HugoBlotius.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth year|1533}}

| birth_place = Delft, Netherlands

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1608|01|29|1533||}}

| death_place = Vienna, Austria

| alma_mater =

| known_for = First head librarian of the Imperial Library

}}

Hugo Blotius or Hugo de Bloote (1533, Delft – 29 January 1608, Vienna)[http://www.biografischportaal.nl/en/persoon/80599919 Hugo Blotius] at the Biography Portal of the Netherlands was a Dutch scholar and librarian. He first became interested in librarianship while studying for a law degree in Orléans between 1566 and 1567. In 1575, Emperor Maximilian II appointed him the first head librarian of the Imperial Library.