The "d'Étaples" was not part of his name as such, but used to distinguish him from Jacques Lefèvre of Deventer, a less significant contemporary who was a friend and correspondent of Erasmus.
Jacques Lefèvred’Étaples (c. 1450–1536) taught philosophy at the University of Paris from around 1490 to 1508, and then applied his erudition and textual scholarship to biblical studies and religious reform.
Jacques Lefèvred'Étaples [žak lefévr detapl], latinsky Faber Stapulensis (1450 nebo 1455, Étaples (Pikardie) - 1536, Nérac) byl francouzský kněz, teolog a humanista, autor prvního úplného překladu bible do francouzštiny (1525-1530).
Jacques Lefèvred’Étaples was an outstanding French humanist, theologian, and translator whose scholarship stimulated scriptural studies during the Protestant Reformation. Ordained a priest, Lefèvre taught philosophy in Paris from about…
The Humanist Jacques Lefèvred'Etaples, who was in favour of a moderate reform of the Church, used his Greek culture to defend his reformist theses. He was persecuted by the Sorbonne.