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Erasmus, the Dutchman with the universal mind, with a gathering of scholars at Basle from the painting by Felix Cogan. Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus / Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October 1466 – 12 July 1536 was a Dutch philosopher and Catholic theologian who is considered one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance.