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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
Peter Lombard
French bishop
Nicholas Of Cusa
Christian scholar
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley
English clergyman and scientist
Newman, John Henry
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
English theologian
William of Ockham
English philosopher
Richard Hooker, engraving by E. Finden after a print by W. Hollar.
Richard Hooker
English theologian
The patron saint of Portugal; Padua, Italy; and lost things
St. Anthony of Padua
Portuguese friar
Antony Flew
English philosopher
Chesterton, G.K.
G.K. Chesterton
British author
Thomas Morley
British composer
William De La Mare
English philosopher
Isaac Of Stella
English philosopher and theologian
John Biddle
English theologian
Ralph Cudworth
Ralph Cudworth
British theologian and philosopher
George Carey
George Carey
archbishop of Canterbury
Frederick Denison Maurice
British theologian
St. Edmund
St. Edmund of Abingdon
archbishop of Canterbury

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