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Sebastian Brant

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Sebastian Brant

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Also known as Sebastian Brandt, Sebastinus Brant, Sebastianus Brant, Sebastian Brand

German humanist and satirist

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Instance of
human
Given name
Sebastian
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Strasbourg
Place of death
Strasbourg
Occupation
philosopher
Languages spoken
Middle High German
Native language
German
Image
Duerer brant.jpg
Work location
Strasbourg
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Commons category
Sebastian Brant
date of birth
1458-01-01
Commons Creator page
Sebastian Brant
date of death
1521-01-01
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Sebastian Brant
writing language
medieval Latin
significant person
Jakob Wimpfeling
name in native language
Sebastian Brant
has works in the collection
Memoria Chilena
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Works in European collections

28 objects attributed to Sebastian Brant, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Sebastian Brant by Albrecht Dürer 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).

Early life and education

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sebastian Brant” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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