Robert Grosseteste Cleric

Robert Grosseteste (/ˈɡroʊstɛst/ GROHS-test) or Grossetete (/ˈɡroʊsteɪt/ GROHS-tayt; c. 1175 – 9 October 1253) was an English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian, scientist and Bishop of Lincoln. He was born of humble parents at Stradbroke in Suffolk. A. C. Crombie calls him "the real founder of the tradition of scientific thought in medieval Oxford, and in some ways, of the modern English intellectual tradition".

Personal facts

Robert Grosseteste
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1170
Birth place
Suffolk
Date of deathOctober 09, 1253
Place of death
Buckden Cambridgeshire

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Christian bishop

From1235
To1253

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External resources

  1. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33560
  2. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33569
  3. http://grossetestesociety.org
  4. http://phys.org/news/2014-04-medieval-bishop-theory-resembles-modern.html
  5. http://web.mit.edu/jwk/www/docs/Riedel%201942%20Grosseteste%20On%20Light.pdf
  6. http://www.bishopg.ac.uk
  7. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9038191/Robert-Grosseteste
  8. http://www.grosseteste.com
  9. http://www.imagery-imagination.com/symbol.htm
  10. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07037a.htm