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Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus was a translator, philosopher, theologian, and essayist born in Rotterdam in 1466 or 1469. He worked in Rotterdam and Basel and was educated at the University of Paris, Queens' College, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Turin. Erasmus held the academic degree of Doctor of Divinity and was employed by the Old University of Leuven. He was a citizen of the Seventeen Provinces and wrote in Latin, Dutch, Greek, and Biblical Hebrew.

His notable works include *In Praise of Folly*, *A handbook on manners for children*, *Adagia*, and *Familiar Colloquies*. His field of work encompassed Christian philosophy and Renaissance humanism, and he was influenced by Epicureanism, Cicero, and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Erasmus studied under Alexander Hegius von Heek, Jan Standonck, John Colet, and George Hermonymus. He died of dysentery in Basel on July 12, 1536, and is buried at Basel Minster.