Erasmus (disambiguation)

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Erasmus can refer to:

People:

• Desiderius Erasmus, the humanist scholar, also known as Erasmus of Rotterdam. A simple reference to "Erasmus" is usually to him.
• Erasmus of Arcadia, Greek Orthodox Bishop
• Saint Erasmus of Formiae alias Saint Elmo
• Erasmus Grasser, leading sculptor in Munich during the early 16th century.
• Erasmus Darwin
• Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier, prominent 19th Century Belgian politician

In Rotterdam:

• Erasmus University
• Gymnasium Erasmianum (Erasmus Gymnasium school)
• Erasmus Bridge

Other:

• ERASMUS programme, the higher education part of the European Union's Socrates programme for student exchange
• Erasmushogeschool in Brussels
• Erasmus Hall High School (originally Erasmus Hall Academy), Brooklyn, New York
• Erasmus the wizard, one of the major characters in the Quest for Glory adventure games
• Erasmus (Dune), a fictional intelligent robot in the Legends of Dune series by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert
• Erasmus (shōgun), Protagonist Blackthorne's ship (Dutch)

The common Danish first name Rasmus is a contraction of "Erasmus" (see Rasmus).

Further derived from it is the family name Rasmussen or Rasmusen (i.e., Rasmus' Son).