Hendrik Albert Schultens (25 February 1749 – 12 August 1793) was a third generation Dutch linguist.

He traveled to England and studied at Wadham College, Oxford,[2] where he became Magister Artium, honoris causa, in 1773.

Schultens published a translation (to Latin) and edition of Persian scholar Al-Zamakhshari, "Anthologia sententiarum Arabicarum: Cum scholiis Zamachsjarii" (1772).

[3] He was also the author of an edition of ancient Eastern fables, "Pars versionis arabicae libri Colailah wa Dimnah, sive Fabularum Bidpai philosophi Indi" (1786).

[4] He died in Leiden in 1793, leaving an edition of Al-Maydani unfinished.