Nationality Flemish Occupation magistrate of Antwerp | Name Pieter Gillis | |
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Born July 28, 1486 ( 1486-07-28 ) Antwerp Other names Petrus AEgidius, Peter Giles, Peter Gilles Known for friendship with Sir Thomas More Spouse(s) Cornelia Sandrien, Maria Denis Adriaensdochter, Kathelijne Draeckx Died November 6, 1533, Antwerp, Belgium | ||
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 secretary to the city of Antwerp in the early sixteenth century. He is most famous as a 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.
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