Conrad Goclenius | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1490 |
| Died | 1539 |
| Occupation(s) | Humanist, Teacher |
Conrad Goclenius (or in German "Conrad Wackers" or "Conrad Gockelen") was a Renaissance humanist, and Latin scholar, and the closest confidant of humanist Desiderius Erasmus,[1] who was born in Mengeringhausen in the Landgraviate of Hesse in 1490, and died in Leuven on 25 January 1539.