Franciscus Titelmans
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Most Influential Person Across History
Flemish theologian
Why Is Franciscus Titelmans Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Frans or Franciscus Titelmans was a Franciscan scholar from the Habsburg Netherlands, and an intellectual opponent of Erasmus. Life He was born in Hasselt, and graduated M.A. at the University of Leuven in 1521. He was a dialectician influenced by Rudolph Agricola, and himself an influence on Petrus Ramus. He joined the Franciscan Order in 1523, and engaged in controversy with Erasmus over the interpretation of the Pauline Epistles in the period 1527 to 1530. He wrote a compendium on natural philosophy which was much reprinted.
