John Colet
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John Colet was an English Catholic priest, and educational pioneer.
Portrait drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger
Statue of Dean Colet by Sir William Hamo Thornycroft.
Frontispiece and titlepage of "The Life of Dr John Colet", Dean of St Paul's" by Samuel Knight, 1724.
Tomb of John Colet, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's. After Hollar.
Erasmus
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Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, theologian, and philosopher. He was, through his writings and translations, o
John Colet
…and rejuvenate Christianity. Colet is an important early leader of Christian humanism as he linked humanism and reform. John Colet was a friend of Erasmus, a key figure in Christian humanism. John Colet was born in London in January 1467, the eldest son of Sir Henry Colet (Lord Mayor of London 1486 and…
Erasmus, in a 1523 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger
Statue of Erasmus in Rotterdam. Gilded bronze statue by Hendrick de Keyser (1622), replacing a stone (1557), and a wooden (1549).
Hieronymous Bosch, Temptation of St Anthony, triptych (c. 1501), painted in 's-Hertogenbosch, later owned by his friend Damião de Gois
Bust by Hildo Krop (1950) in Gouda, where Erasmus spent his youth