Nicolaus Vernulaeus

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Nicolaus Vernulaeus (1583–1649) was a professor at the University of Leuven and an important Neo-Latin playwright. He was born in Robelmont, Luxembourg, on 10 April 1583. He studied at the University of Cologne, entering in 1601 and earning a Master of Arts degree. In 1610 he became the public professor of eloquence at Leuven, taking over from Jean-Baptiste Gramaye. He earned the Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1618 and, in 1619, became the first president of the Luxembourg College at Leuven. In 1646 he was named Professor of Latin at the Collegium Trilingue, and he served as councillor and imperial historiographer to Ferdinand III. He died in Leuven on 6 January 1649.