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... educated under Egbert , arch- bishop of that province , and the venerable Bede . His reputation as a polemic procured him an invitation from the emperor Charlemagne , under whose auspices he wrote seven volumes of controversial divinity ...
... educated under Egbert , arch- bishop of that province , and the venerable Bede . His reputation as a polemic procured him an invitation from the emperor Charlemagne , under whose auspices he wrote seven volumes of controversial divinity ...
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... educated at Oxford , in which university he was a member , first of Lincoln , afterwards of Corpus Christi college . -Biog . Brit . ALLEN ( THOMAS ) an eminent scholar of the reign of Elizabeth , considered the first ma- thematician of ...
... educated at Oxford , in which university he was a member , first of Lincoln , afterwards of Corpus Christi college . -Biog . Brit . ALLEN ( THOMAS ) an eminent scholar of the reign of Elizabeth , considered the first ma- thematician of ...
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... educated , and distinguished his reign by an assiduous encouragement of the cultivation of the sciences . For this purpose , he collected from Greece all the works on science in that language , and procured skilful interpreters to ...
... educated , and distinguished his reign by an assiduous encouragement of the cultivation of the sciences . For this purpose , he collected from Greece all the works on science in that language , and procured skilful interpreters to ...
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... educated at Bury St. Edmunds , whence he removed to Eton , and succeeded in 1742 to a scholarship in King's College , Cam- bridge , and in due time to a fellowship . In 1754 he succeeded to his patrimonial property , when he resigned ...
... educated at Bury St. Edmunds , whence he removed to Eton , and succeeded in 1742 to a scholarship in King's College , Cam- bridge , and in due time to a fellowship . In 1754 he succeeded to his patrimonial property , when he resigned ...
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... educated at Cambridge and Leyden . About 1746 he went to Constantinople with the Eng- lish ambassador ; and on his return home he took the degree of M.D. at Cambridge . He was admitted a fellow of the College of Phy- sicians and also of ...
... educated at Cambridge and Leyden . About 1746 he went to Constantinople with the Eng- lish ambassador ; and on his return home he took the degree of M.D. at Cambridge . He was admitted a fellow of the College of Phy- sicians and also of ...
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