philosopher

Desiderius Erasmus

Dutch philosopher and Catholic theologian who is considered one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance

Umberto Eco

Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic and political and social commentator

Loren Eiseley

American anthropologist, educator, philosopher, and natural science writer, who taught and published books from the 1950s through the 1970s. He received many honorary degrees and was a fellow of multiple professional societies

George Eliot

English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era

Ralph Waldo Emerson

American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century