Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist, born at Gröningen; was professor of Greek at Leyden; one of the greatest Grecians of his day; had for pupils Ruhnken and Valckenaer, and edited a number of classical works (1685‒1766).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Hems * Henderson, Alexander