Robert Grosseteste
c. 1175-1253
English Physicist and Philosopher
Though he is perhaps best known as the teacher of Roger Bacon (1213-1292), Robert Grosseteste distinguished himself as a scientist
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Grosseteste, Robert [addendum]
Since the mid-1970s, further research into Grosseteste's biography has produced more uncertainty than any new detail. His putative birth date and his humble begin...
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Grosseteste, Robert(C. 1168–1253)
Robert Grosseteste was one of the most influential Englishmen of his day—initiator of the English scientific tradition, one of the first chancellors of ...
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The English churchman and statesman Robert Grosseteste (1175-1253) played an important role in the politics of his time. He was also a major English medieval writer and thinker.Robert Grosseteste was ...
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Robert Grosseteste belonged to a generation of Anglo-Normans who benefited greatly from the enlightened high-school education of twelfth-century England. Coming from a family of serfs, he rose through...
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Robert Grosseteste was an unusual combination of scientist and theologian, acclaimed by modern theorists as "...the central figure in England in the intellectual movement during the first half of the ...
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