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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch person → Renaissance scholar → biblical scholar → human → humanist → theologian →
advocated	moral reform of the clergy → peace → religious toleration →
alsoKnownAs	Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus → 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 → Philipp Melanchthon → Pope Leo X → Thomas More →
deathDate	1536-07-12 →
deathPlace	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 → Philipp Melanchthon → Protestant Reformation → Thomas More →
influencedBy	Augustine of Hippo → Church Fathers → Jerome → 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 →
notableWork	Adagia → Colloquia → Enchiridion militis Christiani → In Praise of Folly → Institutio principis Christiani → Moriae Encomium → Novum Instrumentum omne → Novum Testamentum (Greek New Testament edition) →
occupation	editor → priest → teacher → writer →
opposed	excesses of scholastic theology → superstition in religion →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Basel → England → Italy → Leuven → Paris →
taughtAt	Queens' College, Cambridge NERFINISHED → University of Cambridge →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Huldrych Zwingli → Huldrych Zwingli ("Erasmus of Rotterdam") → Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples → Martin Bucer ("Erasmus of Rotterdam") → Philip Melanchthon ("Erasmus of Rotterdam") → William Tyndale →	influencedBy
Desiderius Erasmus ("Erasmus of Rotterdam") → Desiderius Erasmus ("Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus") →	alsoKnownAs
Erasmus Alvey Darwin ("Erasmus") → Erasmus Darwin Jr. ("Erasmus") →	givenName
Ulrich von Hutten ("Erasmus of Rotterdam") →	associatedWith
Renaissance humanism →	associatedWithFigure
Queens’ College, Cambridge →	hasAlumni
Textus Receptus →	hasKeyEditor
University of Basel ("Erasmus of Rotterdam") →	hasNotableAlumnus
Brussels Metro ("Erasme – Erasmus") →	hasStation
Lorenzo Valla →	influenced
William Erasmus Darwin ("Erasmus") →	middleName
Desiderius Erasmus →	name
Erasmus University Rotterdam →	namedAfter
Vulgate ("Erasmus (critical comparison)") →	notableEditor
Renaissance Latin ("Erasmus of Rotterdam") →	usedBy