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Also Known As Oeconomus
Born 1476 • Schaffhausen • Switzerland
Died June 26, 1533 (aged 57) • Switzerland
Role In Reformation
Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli
Swiss religious leader
Leo Jud, engraving
Leo Jud
Swiss religious reformer
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Joachim Vadianus
Swiss humanist
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Johannes Stumpf
Swiss theologian
Guillaume Farel.
Guillaume Farel
French religious leader
John Oecolampadius
Johann Oecolampadius
German humanist
Erastus, portrait by Tobias Stimmer, 1582; in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switz.
Thomas Erastus
Swiss physician and theologian
Heinrich Bullinger
Heinrich Bullinger
Swiss religious reformer
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Bertold Haller
Swiss religious reformer
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
John Knox, engraving from Icones, by T. Beza, 1580.
John Knox
Scottish religious leader
Latimer, detail of a panel painting by an unknown artist, 1555; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Hugh Latimer
English Protestant
Ochino, Bernardino
Bernardino Ochino
Italian religious reformer
Karl Barth
Karl Barth
Swiss theologian
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Ferdinand Keller
Swiss archaeologist and prehistorian
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Johannes von Müller
Swiss historian
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Stefano Franscini
Swiss statesman
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Swiss engineer and army officer
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Jakob Stämpfli
Swiss politician
Vinet, Alexandre-Rodolphe
Alexandre-Rodolphe Vinet
Swiss theologian