Erasmus, Dutch Scholar(1466-1536)

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by Hans Holbein the Younger

Just the Facts:

• Name: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
• Known as: Erasmus; Erasmus of Rotterdam; Desiderius Erasmus
• Birth: October 27, 1466, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Death: July 12, 1536, Basel, Switzerland
• Language: Latin; Dutch
• Who he was: Dutch scholar; The Praise of Folly
• Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); Bloom

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