Martinus Dorpius

His father, Bertelmees, was steward of Egmond Abbey and served for some years as an alderman of The Hague.

He staged plays with his students, including Plautus' Miles Gloriosus and Aulularia, the latter of which he edited for publication.

[2] He was a correspondent of Erasmus, tipping him off in 1514 that the theologians of Leuven were examining his Praise of Folly for indications of heterodoxy.

[1] That autumn, perhaps in response, the Faculty of Theology refused to renew Dorpius's certificate to lecture.

[1] In Holland he was offered a position as suffragan to Philip of Burgundy, bishop of Utrecht, but he declined and returned to Leuven.