What did Desiderius Erasmus do in his life?

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A very important man in the history of mankind. Few web links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/erasmus.html
http://www.studyworld.com/desiderius_erasmus.htm
http://www.tlogical.net/bioerasmus.htm
http://www.erasmus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=site.changeLanguage&language=EN

Among other things: one of the first to make a modern literaure research and modern Bible translations and reference texts.


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