Erasmus
1466–1536
Dutch humanist scholar and critic of church abuses.
Erasmus (1466–1536) was a humanist, born in Rotterdam and died in Basel.
- Known as
- Humanist
- Category
- Thinkers
- Born
- 1466, Rotterdam
- Died
- 1536, Basel
Alive at the same time as Erasmus
- Jakob Fugger 1459–1525, banker
- Vasco da Gama c. 1460–1524, explorer
- Piri Reis c. 1465–1553, admiral and cartographer
- Niccolò Machiavelli 1469–1527, political philosopher
- Guru Nanak 1469–1539, religious leader
- Wang Yangming 1472–1529, philosopher
- Nicolaus Copernicus 1473–1543, astronomer
- Michelangelo 1475–1564, artist
- Thomas More 1478–1535, statesman and philosopher
- Francisco Pizarro c. 1478–1541, conquistador
- Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478–1546, admiral
- Michel de Montaigne 1533–1592, essayist
Portrait: Hans Holbein the Younger, Public domain.
