HOOFT, Willem Dirksz.
(b. 1594 Amsterdam, d. 1658 Amsterdam)
Dutch craftsman and publisher. He wrote five plays, Jan Saly (1622), Doortrapte Melis (1623), Styve Piet (1628), Andrea de Piere Peerdekooper (1628) and Heden-daeghsche Verlooren Soon (1630). No other biographical data are available about him.