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Erasmus, Desiderius (1469-1536), Humanist
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Erasmus, Desiderius (1469-1536), Humanist
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( DEZ-i-DEER-ee-ษs irr-AZ-mษs; Dutch: [หdeหziหdeหrijสs eหหrษsmสs]; 28 October c. 1466 โ 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, Catholic theologian, and pioneering philologist and educationalist. He was, through his writings and translations, one of the most influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and a major figure of Western culture.