Erasmus

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Erasmus

Erasmus AKA Desiderius Erasmus

Born: 27-Oct-1469 [1]
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: 12-Jul-1536
Location of death: Basel, Switzerland
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Basel Cathedral, Basel, Switzerland

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Scholar, Philosopher

Nationality: Netherlands
Executive summary: In Praise of Folly

[1] Possibly born in 1466.

Father: Roger Gerard (priest, d. plague)
Mother: Margaret (d. circa 1482 plague)
Brother: Peter (monk)

University: University of Paris (1495-)

Spanish Inquisition Index of Prohibited Books

Is the subject of books:
Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1952, BY: Johan Huizinga

Author of books:
Adagia (1500)
Enchiridion Militis Christiani (1503)
Moriae Encomium (1511, "In Praise of Folly")
Julius Exclusus e Coelis (1514)
Institutio Principis Christiani (1516)
Annotationes in Novum Testamentum (1516)
Paraphrases in Novum Testamentum (1517)
Querela Pacis (1517)
Ratio Verae Theologiae (1519)
Colloquia (1522–33)
De Libero Arbitrio Diatribe (1524)
Hyperaspistes Diatribae Adversus Servum Arbitrium Martini Lutheri (1526–27)
Ciceronianus (1528)
De Pueris Instituendis (1529)
De Sarcienda Ecclesiae Concordia (1533)
Ecclesiastes (1535)

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