Nicolaas Beets (13 September 1814 – 13 March 1903) was a Dutch theologian, writer and poet.

From 1833 till 1839 he studied theology at the university of Leiden where he received his doctorate.

[2] His most famous work is Camera Obscura, which he wrote under his pseudonym during his student years.

[2] Of his poems, "De moerbeitoppen ruischten" is well-known and popular;[3][4] it is heavily anthologized, and even called "immortal" by one critic.

Beets died of a brain haemorrhage at age 88, in Utrecht.