Erasmus

Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; Dutch: [ˌdeːziˈdeːriʏs eˈrɑsmʏs]; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October c.1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher. Through his vast number of translations, books, essays, prayers and letters, he is considered one of the most influential thinkers of the Northern Renaissance and one of the major figures of Dutch and Western culture. He was an important figure in classical scholarship who wrote in a spontaneous, copious and natural Latin style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erasmus has received more than 3,684,443 page views. His biography is available in 94 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2019). Erasmus is the 25th most popular philosopher (down from 24th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Philosopher.

Erasmus is most famous for his work in the field of humanism. He believed that the Bible should be available to everyone and not just priests and monks. He also believed that people should be able to read the Bible in their own language.