Albertus Magnus
ALBERTUS MAGNUS (c. 1200–1280), also known as Albert the Great; German Dominican theologian and philosopher, doctor of the church, patron of natural scientists, and Christian sa...
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The Contributions of Albertus Magnus and the Development of Zoology During the Thirteenth Through the Fifteenth Centuries
Overview
The beginning of animal science, or zoology, is often traced to the i...
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Albertus Magnus
c. 1200-c. 1280
German naturalist and philosopher who wrote highly detailed accounts of plants and animals in De vegetabilibus et plantis and De animalibus. He also had an impact on sc...
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St. Albertus Magnus
c. 1193-1280
German Natural Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian
Although surpassed in philosophy and theology by his humble student, Thomas Aquinas, and perhaps also in natural ...
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Albert the Great(Before 1200–1280)
According to the near-contemporary testimony of Tolomeo of Lucca (Historia Ecclesiastica [1317], 22.19) and confirmed by other, later sources, Albert the Grea...
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Albert of Lauingen (also known as Albert of Bollstadt or Albert of Cologne) acquired the title Magnus (the Great) from his contemporaries even before his death. By 1280 he had long since entered the c...
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Albert the Great (variously known as Albertus Magnus, Albert the German, Albert of Ratisborn, or Albert of Cologne), was the only scholar of his age to have received this title of "the Great," which w...
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The German philosopher and naturalist St. Albertus Magnus (ca. 1193-1280), also known as Albert the Great, was a dominant figure in the evolution of Christian scholastic thought and a precursor of mod...
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