Desiderius Erasmus

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Dutch person Renaissance scholar biblical scholar human humanist theologian

Desiderius Erasmus was a Dutch Renaissance scholar, theologian, and humanist whose critical editions of the New Testament and satirical writings greatly influenced European intellectual and religious life.

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Label	Occurrences
Desiderius Erasmus canonical	41
Erasmus of Rotterdam	23
Erasmus	4
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus	2
Erasme – Erasmus	1
Erasmus (critical comparison)	1
Erasmus of Rotterdam (associated with Lady Margaret foundations, not as formal holder)	1
Érasme	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch person ⓘ Renaissance scholar ⓘ biblical scholar ⓘ human ⓘ humanist ⓘ theologian ⓘ
advocated	moral reform of the clergy ⓘ peace ⓘ religious toleration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ surface form: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam
birthDate	1466-10-28 ⓘ 1467-10-28 ⓘ
birthName	Gerrit Gerritszoon ⓘ
birthPlace	Burgundian Netherlands ⓘ County of Holland ⓘ Rotterdam ⓘ
citizenship	County of Holland ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
correspondedWith	John Colet ⓘ Philip Melanchthon ⓘ surface form: Philipp Melanchthon Pope Leo X ⓘ Thomas More ⓘ
deathDate	1536-07-12 ⓘ
deathPlace	Basel-Stadt ⓘ surface form: Basel Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
education	monastic schools ⓘ
era	Renaissance ⓘ
fieldOfWork	biblical studies ⓘ classical philology ⓘ education ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
influenced	European humanism ⓘ John Colet ⓘ Martin Luther ⓘ Philip Melanchthon ⓘ surface form: Philipp Melanchthon Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation Thomas More ⓘ
influencedBy	Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Church Fathers ⓘ Jerome ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: Thomas Aquinas
knownFor	advocacy of church reform ⓘ critical edition of the Greek New Testament ⓘ promotion of humanist education ⓘ satirical writings ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ Latin ⓘ
movement	Christian humanism ⓘ
name	Desiderius Erasmus self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Adagia ⓘ Colloquia ⓘ Enchiridion militis Christiani ⓘ In Praise of Folly ⓘ Institutio principis Christiani ⓘ Moriae Encomium ⓘ Novum Instrumentum omne ⓘ Textus Receptus ⓘ surface form: Novum Testamentum (Greek New Testament edition)
occupation	editor ⓘ priest ⓘ teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ
opposed	excesses of scholastic theology ⓘ superstition in religion ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Basel-Stadt ⓘ surface form: Basel England ⓘ Italy ⓘ Leuven ⓘ Paris ⓘ
taughtAt	Queens’ College, Cambridge ⓘ surface form: Queens' College, Cambridge Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge

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Renaissance humanism → associatedWithFigure → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Vulgate → notableEditor → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus (critical comparison)

Huldrych Zwingli → influencedBy → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

William Erasmus Darwin → middleName → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus

Queens’ College, Cambridge → hasAlumni → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

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Desiderius Erasmus → alsoKnownAs → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam

Desiderius Erasmus → alsoKnownAs → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

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Philip Melanchthon → influencedBy → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam

Lorenzo Valla → influenced → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Erasmus Alvey Darwin → givenName → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus

Erasmus Darwin Jr. → givenName → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus

Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples → influencedBy → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Martin Bucer → influencedBy → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam

Renaissance Latin → usedBy → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam

William Tyndale → influencedBy → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Ulrich von Hutten → associatedWith → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam

Brussels Metro → hasStation → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasme – Erasmus

University of Basel → hasNotableAlumnus → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam

Huldrych → influencedBy → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

subject surface form: Huldrych Zwingli

this entity surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam → namedAfter → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

In Praise of Folly → author → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Colloquia → author → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

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Colloquia → createdBy → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Enchiridion militis Christiani → author → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Institutio principis Christiani → author → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Novum Instrumentum omne → author → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Novum Instrumentum omne → editor → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Novum Instrumentum omne → revisedBy → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Thomas More → associatedWith → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Thomas More → correspondent → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Moriae Encomium → author → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

John Colet → influencedBy → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam

John Colet → influenced → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam

Gerrit Gerritszoon → alsoKnownAs → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam

Received Text → hasNotableEditor → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

subject surface form: Textus Receptus

Received Text → firstEditor → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

subject surface form: Textus Receptus

Johann Froben → associatedWith → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Adagia → compiler → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Adagia → annotatedBy → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Adagia → author → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

Johann Reuchlin → influenced → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Philipp → influencedBy → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

subject surface form: Philipp Melanchthon

Erasmus Bridge → namedAfter → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

Louis Georges Érasme de Contades → givenName → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Érasme

Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews → mentor → Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam