Pieter Gillis
| Peter Giles | |
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| Born |
July 28, 1486 Antwerp |
| Died |
November 6, 1533 (aged 47) Antwerp |
| Nationality | Flemish |
| Other names | Petrus Ægidius, Peter Giles, Peter Gilles |
| Occupation | magistrate of Antwerp[1] |
| Known for | friendship with Sir Thomas More |
| Spouse(s) | Cornelia Sandrien, Maria Denis Adriaensdochter, Kathelijne Draeckx[2] |
Pieter Gillis (28 July 1486 – 6 or 11 November 1533), known by his anglicised name Peter Giles and sometimes the Latinised Petrus Ægidius, was a humanist, printer, and registrar for the city of Antwerp in the early sixteenth century.[2] He is most famous as the friend and supporter of Rodolphus Agricola, Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More.
Thomas More's Utopia, although fictional, includes Pieter Gillis as a character in Book I. More dedicated Utopia to Gillis, who may have designed the Utopian alphabet. They first met when diplomatic business brought More to Antwerp.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Holden Hutton, Sir Thomas More, London: Methuen & Co., 1895 (available through Google Books)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Centrum Pieter Gillis, University of Antwerp (Dutch)
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