Erasmus

DesidERIUS, the Dutch scholar, was bom in 1467. His original name was Gerard, which he changed according to a fashion of the time. In 1510 he became Margaret Profe or of Divinity and Greek Lecturer at Cambridge, and in 1S14 he went to live at Basel, where he died. He editedf various cla ics, the first edition of the Greek Testament from MSS., etc., but his best-known works are his Praise of Folly and his Colloquies.