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Alcuinus

Name:
Alcuinus (c.735-804) Variant names:
  • Ealhwine, Alhwin, Alchoin
Biographical Details:
Approximate dates; scholar, teacher, writer, educated at York, employed at court of Charlemagne, 796 Abbot of St.Martin’s at Tours; ODCC 35-6; Sharpe, Latin Writers, no. 87.
Categorisation:
Dates: 735 to 804 Century: 8th century AD to 9th century AD Geographical area: England Place: York [Geonames ID 2633352] Period: Medieval Characterisation: religious Profession: civil servant; clergy; scholar
Works:
Gender:
Male
Birth Year:
735
Death Year:
804
Author Id:
231