Best known as an expert on Tertullian, he also edited the translation and commentary by Calcidius on Plato's Timaeus.
[1] Waszink is counted following Franz Joseph Dölger and others as one of the founders of Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum and with Christine Mohrmann of Vigiliae Christianae.
He was educated at a local grammar school before studying classics at Leiden University, writing his PhD thesis (1933) on Tertullian.
After being a grammar school teacher, he was appointed Professor of Latin at Leiden in 1946.
[1] Waszink became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1950.