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Alcuin logo #21003Anglo-Latin poet, educator, and cleric who, as head of the Palatine school established by Charlemagne at Aachen, introduced the traditions of ... [10 related articles]
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Alcuin

Alcuin logo #21160(735-804) A leading intellectual of his time and, it is believed, the compiler of Propositiones ad acuendos juvenes ('Problems to Sharpen the Young'), one of the earliest collections of recreational math problems. According to David Singmaster and John Hadley: 'The text con...
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Alcuin

Alcuin logo #20688(735-804) English scholar. Born in York, he went to Rome in 780, and in 782 took up residence at Charlemagne's court in Aachen. From 796 he was abbot at St Martin's in Tours. He disseminated Anglo-Saxon...
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Alcuin

Alcuin logo #21221English scholar. Born in York, he went to Rome in 780, and in 782 took up residence at Charlemagne's court in Aachen. From 796 he was abbot at St Martin's in Tours. He disseminated Anglo-Saxon scholarship. Alcuin organized education and learning in the Frankish empire and was a prominent ...
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Alcuin

Alcuin logo #21199English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
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