HEINSE

heinse, johann jakob wilhelm (1749-1803), german author, was born at langewiesen near ilmenau in thuringia on the 16th of february 1749. after attending the gymnasium at schleusingen he studied law at jena and erfurt. in erfurt he became acquainted with wieland and through him with "father" gleim who in 1772 procured him the post of tutor in a family at quedlinburg. in 1774 he went to dusseldorf, where he assisted the poet j. g. jacobi to edit the periodical _iris_. here the famous picture gallery inspired him with a passion for art, to the study of which he devoted himself with so much zeal and insight that jacobi furnished him with funds for a stay in italy, where he remained for three years (1780-1783), he returned to dusseldorf in 1784, and in 1786 was appointed reader to the elector frederick charles joseph, archbishop of mainz, who subsequently made him his librarian at aschaffenburg, where he died on the 22nd of june 1803. the work upon which heinse's fame mainly rests is _ardinghello und die gluckseligen inseln_ (1787), a novel which forms the framework for the exposition of his views on art and life, the plot being laid in the italy of the 16th century. this and his other novels _laidion, oder die eleusinischen geheimnisse_ (1774) and _hildegard von hohenthal_ (1796) combine the frank voluptuousness of wieland with the enthusiasm of the "sturm und drang." both as novelist and art critic, heinse had considerable influence on the romantic school. heinse's complete works (_samtliche schriften_) were published by h. laube in 10 vols. (leipzig, 1838). a new edition by c. schuddekopf is in course of publication (leipzig, 1901 sqq.). see h. prohle, _lessing, wieland, heinse_ (berlin, 1877), and j. schober, _johann jacob wilhelm heinse, sein leben und seine werke_ (leipzig, 1882); also k. d. jessen, _heinses stellung zur bildenden kunst_ (berlin, 1903). heinsius (or heins) daniel (1580-1655), one of the most famous scholars of the dutch renaissance, was born at ghent on the 9th of june 1580. the troubles of the spanish war drove his parents to settle first at veere in zeeland, then in england, next at ryswick and lastly at flushing. in 1594, being already remarkable for his attainments, he was sent to the university of franeker to perfect himself in greek under henricus schotanus. he stayed at franeker half a year, and then settled at leiden for the remaining sixty years of his life. there he studied under joseph scaliger, and there he found marnix de st aldegonde, janus douza, paulus merula and others, and was soon taken into the society of these celebrated men as their equal. his proficiency in the classic languages won the praise of all the best scholars of europe, and offers were made to him, but in vain, to accept honourable positions outside holland. he soon rose in dignity at the university of leiden. in 1602 he was made professor of latin, in 1605 professor of greek, and at the death of merula in 1607 he succeeded that illustrious scholar as librarian to the university. the remainder of his life is recorded in a list of his productions. he died at the hague on the 25th of february 1655. the dutch poetry of heinsius is of the school of roemer visscher, but attains no very high excellence. it was, however, greatly admired by martin opitz, who was the pupil of heinsius, and who, in translating the poetry of the latter, introduced the german public to the use of the rhyming alexandrine. he published his original latin poems in three volumes--_iambi_ (1602), _elegiae_ (1603) and _poemata_ (1605); his _emblemata amatoria_, poems in dutch and latin, were first printed in 1604. in the same year he edited theocritus, bion and moschus, having edited hesiod in 1603. in 1609 he printed his latin _orations_. in 1610 he edited horace, and in 1611 aristotle and seneca. in 1613 appeared in dutch his tragedy of _the massacre of the innocents_; and in 1614 his treatise _de politico sapientia_. in 1616 he collected his original dutch poems into a volume. he edited terence in 1618, livy in 1620, published his oration _de contemptu mortis_ in 1621, and brought out the _epistles_ of joseph scaliger in 1627.