Sebastian Brant

German humanist and satirist

1458 – 1521 ·

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Born: 1458, Strasbourg
Died: 10 May 1521, Strasbourg
Citizenship: Germany
Native language: German
Worked in: Basel, Strasbourg
Educated at: University of Basel
Movement: German Renaissance
Employer: University of Basel
Religion: Catholic Church
academic degree: Legum Doctor
child: Onophrius Brant
described by source: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), BEIC Digital Library, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921, Contemporaries of Erasmus (vol. 1), Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
documentation files at: SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
family name: Brant
given name: Sebastian
has works in the collection: Memoria Chilena
instance of: human
languages spoken, written or signed: medieval Latin, Middle High German
name in native language: Sebastian Brant
sex or gender: male
significant person: Willibald Pirckheimer, Beatus Rhenanus, Jakob Wimpfeling
spouse: Elisabeth Bürgis
topic's main category: Category:Sebastian Brant
writing language: medieval Latin

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Sebastian Brant (also Brandt; 1457/1458 – 10 May 1521) was a German humanist and satirist. He is best known for his satire Das Narrenschiff (The Ship of Fools).

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