Robert Grosseteste

Also known as Robert Greathead, Bishop Grosthead, Robert de Lincoln, Robert Grossestus, Robert Grotest, Robert Grostte, Robert Grostete, Robert Grostest

English bishop and philosopher

Key facts

Predecessor: Hugh of Wells
Successor: Henry of Lexington
Born: c. 1168–70 , Stow, Suffolk
Died: 8 or 9 October 1253 (aged about 85), Buckden , Huntingdonshire
Feast day: 9 October
Venerated in: Anglican Communion
Era: Medieval philosophy
Region: Western philosophy
School: Scholasticism
Main interests: Theology , natural philosophy
Notable ideas: Theory of scientific demonstration

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Stradbroke
Place of death: Buckden
Occupation: Catholic bishop
Educated at: University of Oxford
Employer: Franciscans
Languages spoken: Latin
Religion: Catholic Church
Image: Robert Grosseteste.jpg
Religious order: Franciscans

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Commons category: Robert Grosseteste
date of death: 1253-10-10
date of birth: 1170-00-00
student: Roger Bacon
described by source: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Commons gallery: Robert Grosseteste
place of burial: Lincoln Cathedral
has works in the collection: J. Paul Getty Museum
writing language: Latin
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
feast day: November 17
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Encyclopedic overview

Robert Grosseteste (/ˈɡroʊstɛst/ GROHS-test; Latin: Robertus Grosseteste; c. 1168–70 – 8 or 9 October 1253), also known as Robert Greathead or Robert of Lincoln, was an English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian, scientist and Bishop of Lincoln. He was born of humble parents in Suffolk (according to the early 14th-century chronicler Nicholas Trivet), but the association with the village of Stradbroke is a post-medieval tradition. Upon his death, he was revered as a saint in England, but attempts to procure a formal canonisation failed. A. C. Crombie called him "the real founder of the tradition of scientific thought in medieval Oxford, and in some ways, of the modern English intellectual tradition". As a theologian, however, he contributed to increasing hostility to Jews and Judaism, and spread the accusation that Jews had purposefully suppressed prophetic knowledge of the coming of Christ, through his translation of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs.

Scholarly career

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