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Dutch humanist from period with revolutionary problems (7)

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I believe the answer is:

erasmus

'dutch humanist' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'period with revolutionary problems' is the wordplay.
'period' becomes 'era' (era is a kind of period).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'revolutionary' is a reversal indicator.
'problems' becomes 'sums' (arithmetic problems).
'sums' back-to-front is 'smus'.
'era'+'smus'='ERASMUS'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for erasmus that I've seen before include "Dutch philosopher" , "He praised folly" , "Learned person" , "Desiderius -, Dutch scholar, humanist" , "Humanist critical of Church" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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