5 September 1516 A.D. Erasmus
5 September 1516 A.D. Erasmus Graves, Dan. “Glarean Blessed Erasmus.” Christianity.com. Apr 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1501-1600/glarean-blessed-erasmus-11629917.html . Accessed 20 May 2014. One of the greatest teachers and scholars at the time of the Swiss Reformation was Heinrich Loreti. Known by the name Glarean, because he was born near Glarus, Switzerland, he came to Basel in 1514 as a private scholar and a proctor (supervisor) of younger men. At that time, the university required its students to live with such proctors. Fifteen or more men would room with one of these graduate students, who added his own instruction to their education. Glarean perfected his students' knowledge of Latin and Greek, mathematics, geography, and classical literature. He could have helped them with music, too, for he made an original mark in that field. So gifted was Glarean that one of his enthusiastic pupils wrote, "I...