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refugee 
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 Posted: June 28 2012 at 04:08 |
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European?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: June 28 2012 at 04:38 |
Yes, European.
He was born out of wedlock.
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refugee
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Posted: June 28 2012 at 10:29 |
So are many people I know, but I guess it was a bigger problem at the time. British? EDIT: People who read this and don’t know about your hidden hints will probably find my comment totally absurd. 
Edited by refugee - June 28 2012 at 10:32
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: June 29 2012 at 02:46 |
 refugee wrote:
So are many people I know, but I guess it was a bigger problem at the time.
British?
EDIT: People who read this and don’t know about your hidden hints will probably find my comment totally absurd.
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I can imagine that  .
No, he was not British.
... but he has lived in England at times.
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refugee
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Posted: June 29 2012 at 07:18 |
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From a Mediterranean country?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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someone_else
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Posted: June 29 2012 at 08:46 |
No, not from a Mediterranean country.
Landing place.
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refugee
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Posted: June 29 2012 at 10:48 |
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Dutch?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: June 29 2012 at 17:14 |
Yes, he was Dutch. It seems that in his adulthood he saved his native language for his last words.
Edited by someone_else - June 30 2012 at 16:39
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refugee
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Posted: June 30 2012 at 04:24 |
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An artist?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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someone_else
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Posted: June 30 2012 at 16:41 |
No, not an artist. He corresponded with hundreds of people.
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refugee
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Posted: July 01 2012 at 12:30 |
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A sailor?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: July 01 2012 at 16:47 |
No not a sailor. But, as he wrote in a letter, he "hurried on, with all sails set", to something holy.
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refugee
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 02:49 |
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Then it must be the great humanist Desiderius Erasmus. The only hint I didn’t find was "landing place".
I have a new one: Male, deceased.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 04:50 |
 It was indeed Desidrius Erasmus. His baptismal name was derived from St. Erasmus of Formiae, aka St. Elmo, who was bishop at Formia. The name Formia means 'landing place'.
Now to the new one. Did he die before 1600?
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refugee
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 04:59 |
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No.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 09:41 |
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Did he die after 1900?
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refugee
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 09:56 |
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No.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
(Peter Hammill)
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Grape_Jam
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 09:58 |
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refugee
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 10:01 |
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No, not an author.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
(Peter Hammill)
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Grape_Jam
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 10:06 |
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