---
title: 'Life of Erasmus'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Joseph Addison Alexander, D.D.'
date: 1829-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church History, Autobiography, and Biography'
- 'Reformation History'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 1'
- 'Psalms 119'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/alexander-1829-life-of-erasmus
---

# Life of Erasmus

Review of a biography of Erasmus tracing his illegitimate birth, education, aversion to monastic life, pursuit of learning, and influence on the revival of letters and the Reformation.

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