Frisian humanist. Born and died in Leeuwarden, 20 October 1542 - 6 August 1616. Historiographer of the States of Friesland in 1597. Cf. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, 7, 1927, Column 458. Other bibliographical references in A. Gerlo - H.D.L. Vervliet, Bibliographie de l'humanisme des anciens Pays-Bas, 1972, page 334.