Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (27 October 1466 – 12 July 1536) known as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus was a Dutch Renaissance humanist Catholic priest social critic teacher and theologian.Erasmus was a classical scholar who wrote in a pure Latin style. Amongst humanists he enjoyed the sobriquet Prince of the Humanists; he has been called the crowning glory of the Christian humanists.
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birth date
1466-10-27, 1466-10-28
birth place
Netherlands, Rotterdam, Burgundian Netherlands
death date
1536-07-12
death place
Basel, Switzerland, Old Swiss Confederacy
era
Renaissance philosophy
influenced
Thomas More, William Tyndale, Wolfgang Capito, Damião de Góis, Martin Luther, Jacob Milich
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