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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