- First name
- Gilles
- Last name
- Heck, van der
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Fabritius in his letter to Spinoza (cf. 1673.02.[26], Ep. 47) urges Spinoza to write back to him as soon as possible, for example via one 'Gilles van der Hek'. He may be identified with a Gilles van der Heck Sr (fl.1643–83) who worked as an agent and intelligencer for the Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Calenberg (Hanover) in The Hague (1672–83). See: Schutte, 1983, pp. 290–1, no. 316. There is also the distinct possibility that he should be identified as Van der Heck’s son, Gilles van der Heck (fl.1650–1727). He also worked as an agent and intelligencer for Straatsburg (1671–80), the Elector of Brandenburg (since 1672), the Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Calenberg (since 1677), and for the bishop of Osnabrück (1678–93). See: ibid., pp. 208–9, no. 189.