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Dirck Coornhert
1590Oct, 29

Dirck Coornhert

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

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