Albert, professor of Hebrew and of the oriental languages at Leyden, and one of the most learned men of the eighteenth century, was born at Groningen in 1689, where he studied till the year 1706, and thence continued his studies at Leyden and Utrecht. Schultens at length applied himself to the study of Arabic, both printed and in manuscript, in which he made great progress. A short time afterwards he became minister of Wassenaar; and in two years professor of oriental languages at Franeker. At length he was invited to Leyden, where he remained till his death in 1750. He wrote many learned works, the principal of which are—his Commentarius on Job, 2 vols., 1737; on the Proverbs, 1748; and his Origines Hebraeae, 2 vols., 1754–38; Vetus et regia Via Hebraeizandi, Leyden, 1738; Animadversiones philologicae et criticae ad varia loco Veteris Testamenti, 1769. Schultens discovered in all his works sound criticism and much learning. He maintained against Gouset and Driessen, that in order to have a perfect knowledge of Hebrew, it is necessary to join with it not only the Chaldaic and Syriac, but more particularly the Arabic.

Henry Albert (1749–1793), grandson of the learned orientalist, likewise attained to very considerable reputation in his grandaïre's footsteps.