Dirck Coornhert, Dutch writer and scholar (died 1590)

Dirck Coornhert

Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician, and theologian (1522–1590)

Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, also known as Theodore Cornhert, was a Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician, theologian, and artist. Coornhert is often considered the Father of Dutch Renaissance scholarship.