Niels Aagaard

Biography:

Niels Lauritsen Aagaard was probably the brother of the poet Christen Aagaard was professor at Sorø Academy in Denmark where he also occupied the office of librarian. He died in 1657 at the age of forty-five and left behind him several philosophical and critical works written in Latin among which are A Treatise on Subterraneous Fires; Dissertations on Tacitus; Observations on Ammianus Marcellinus; and a Vindication of the Style of the New Testament.