Alexander Neckam: Quick Facts

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Born	September 8, 1157 • Saint Albans • England
Died	1217 (aged 59) • England
Notable Works	“De naturis rerum”

Emanuel Swedenborg

Emanuel Swedenborg

Swedish philosopher

Alberts, Bruce

Bruce Alberts

American scientist

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Peter Lombard

French bishop

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Nicholas Of Cusa

cardinal, scientist, scholar, and philosopher

Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley

English clergyman and scientist

St. John Henry Newman

St. John Henry Newman

British theologian

John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe

English theologian

William of Ockham

William of Ockham

English philosopher

Richard Hooker, engraving by E. Finden after a print by W. Hollar.

Richard Hooker

English theologian

Painting of Saint Anthony of Padua in a brown Franciscan robe, holding a lily in his left hand and the child Jesus seated on an open book in his right arm, with a village and sky in the background.

St. Anthony of Padua

Portuguese friar

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Antony Flew

English philosopher

Portrait of Gilbert Keith Chesterton wearing glasses and a suit, with a mustache and tousled hair, looking directly at the camera.

G.K. Chesterton

British author

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Thomas Morley

British composer

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William De La Mare

English philosopher

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Isaac Of Stella

English philosopher and theologian

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John Biddle

English theologian

Ralph Cudworth

Ralph Cudworth

British theologian and philosopher

George Carey

George Carey

archbishop of Canterbury

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Frederick Denison Maurice

British theologian

St. Edmund

St. Edmund of Abingdon

archbishop of Canterbury

Omar Ali Saifuddin mosque, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.

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