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, an acclaimed poet. He is not to be confused with Nicolaus Everardi (1495–1570) and his son Nicolaus Everardi (1537–86), both professors in

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Biography

Born in Grijpskerke, he studied in

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, where he became rector of the university in 1504. He also held various ecclesiastical offices, and in the service to the

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befriended

Erasmus of Rotterdam Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...

. In 1508 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, the

Great Council of Mechelen From the 15th century onwards, the Great Council of the Netherlands at Mechelen (Dutch: ''De Grote Raad der Nederlanden te Mechelen''; French: ''le grand conseil des Pays-Bas à Malines''; German: ''der Grosse Rat der Niederlände zu Mecheln'') w ...

, in 1510 as president of the Court of Holland and in 1528 as president of the ''Grote Raad'', wielding great influence in these offices. His only work published during his lifetime, ''Topicorum seu de locis legalibus liber'' (1516) as well as the posthumously published ''Responsa sive consilium'' (1554) came to be of great practical importance to the jurists of the time.

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* 1462 births 1532 deaths 16th-century Dutch judges People from Veere Presidents of the Great Council Old University of Leuven alumni Academic staff of the Old University of Leuven {{Netherlands-law-bio-stub