Dirck Coornhert

Dirck Coornhert
Portrait by Cornelis van Haarlem
Born
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert

1522
Amsterdam, Habsburg Netherlands
Died29 October 1590(1590-10-29) (aged 68)
Gouda, Dutch Republic
Other namesTheodore Cornhert
Known forWriting, philosophy, theology, engraving
MovementHumanism

Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert (1522 – 29 October 1590),[1] also known as Theodore Cornhert,[2] was a Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician, theologian, and artist. Coornhert is often considered the Father of Dutch Renaissance scholarship.

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