Flemish statesman and humanist. Bruges, 1528 - London, 6 October 1591. He went over to the 'rebels' in 1576, emigrated to Holland in 1584, where he joined the party backing Leicester. He had to flee to England in October 1587. Cf. Biographie Nationale [de Belgique], 14, 1897, Columns 277-284; Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, 4, 1918, Columns 963-965; H. de Vocht, History of the Foundation and the Rise of the Collegium Trilingue Lovaniense, 1517-1550, IV, 1955, pages 417-419. Other bibliographical references in A. Gerlo - H.D.L. Vervliet, Bibliographie de l'humanisme des anciens Pays-Bas, 1972, page 402.