1. Six famous people
of the Renaissance

2. ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM
He was born in 1466
and he died in 1536.
Erasmus was an early
proponent of
religious toleration.
He was a Dutch
Renaissance
humanist, catholic
priest, social critic,
teacher and
theologian.

3. THOMAS MORE
He was born in 1478
and he died in
1540.
Thomas More was
an important
councilor of Henry
VIII. He was an
English lawyer,
social philosopher,
author, states
man and a
Renaissance
humanist.

4. JUAN LUIS VIVES
He was born in 1492
and he died in
1540.
Luis Vives was Lord
Cancellor of Henry
VIII, investigator,
pedagogue, reader
in an English
school, a humanist
and a philosopher.

5. ANDREA VESALIUS
He was born in 1514
and he died in 1564.
Andrea Vesalius was
a Flemish anatomist
and politician.
He is the founder of
modern human
anatomy.

6. MIGUEL SERVET
He was born in 1511 and he
died in 1553.
Miguel Servet studied a lot of
things: astronomy,
metereology, geography,
theology, maths, anaromy and
medicine.

7. NICHOLAS COPERNICUS
He was born in
1473 and he died
in 1543.
Copernicus was
who formulated
the heliocentric
theory.
He was astronomer
and scientist.

8. Bibliography and sources
*Notebook of Social sciences*
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9. IES TIEMPOS MODERNOS
GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
Teacher’s name: Miriam Beamonte
2º G/ School year: 2011-2012
23rd March 2012
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María Martín
Alejandro López Rubio
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