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Albertus Magnus ( c. 1200 – 1280 ) was among the first among medieval scholars to apply Aristotle's philosophy to Christian thought.
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The Oxford English Dictionary traces the earliest use ( as " Androides ") to Ephraim Chambers ' Cyclopaedia, in reference to an automaton that St. Albertus Magnus allegedly created.
It was first documented by Albertus Magnus in 1250.
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Contemporaries such as Roger Bacon applied the term " Magnus " to Albertus during his own lifetime, referring to his immense reputation as a scholar and philosopher.
Bust of Albertus Magnus by Vincenzo Onofri, c. 1493
Roman sarcophagus containing the relics of Albertus Magnus in the crypt of St. Andreas church in Cologne, Germany
Albertus Magnus monument at the University of Cologne.
According to legend, Albertus Magnus is said to have discovered the philosopher's stone and passed it to his pupil Thomas Aquinas, shortly before his death.
" Given that Thomas Aquinas died six years before Albertus Magnus ' death, this legend as stated is unlikely.
Iconography inspired by writings of Albertus Magnus
The iconography of the tympanum and archivolts of the late 13th-century portal of Strasbourg Cathedral was inspired by the writings of Albertus Magnus.
In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Albertus Magnus is referred to as one of Victor Frankenstein's chosen readings.
In Robert Heinlein's novel Glory Road, the hero, Scar Gordon, reads a book of magic by Albertus Magnus and comments on love magic involving a wolf's burned hair.
In Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, the character of Alberto Mallich ( founder of the Unseen University and later Death's manservant Albert ) is a sly nod to Albertus Magnus in his more legendary and esoteric guise.
Walter M. Miller, Jr .' s novel A Canticle for Leibowitz centers on a monastic order called the Albertian Order of Leibowitz, named by its founder after Albertus Magnus and dedicated to preserving scientific knowledge lost after a nuclear war.
A number of schools have been named after Albert, including Albertus Magnus High School in Bardonia, New York, Albertus Magnus Lyceum in River Forest, Illinois, and Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut.
The main science building at Providence College is named in honor of Albertus Magnus.
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* 1280 – November 15 – Albertus Magnus, German philosopher ( b. c. 1193 )
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In the 13th century, scientific inquiry was returning and this was manifest through the production of encyclopaedias ; those noted for their plant content included a treatise by Albertus Magnus ( c. 1193 – 1280 ) a Suabian educated at the University of Padua and tutor to St Thomas Aquinas.
Albert of Saxony ( Latin: Albertus de Saxonia ) ( c. 1320 – 8 July 1390 ) was a German philosopher known for his contributions to logic and physics.
* Albertus Magnus ( c. 1200 – 1280 )
Other plays are the comedy The Hollander ( licensed for performance 12 March 1636 ), Wit in a Constable ( c. 1636 – 38 ), and the tragicomedy The Lady's Privilege ( all printed 1640 ), and the historical tragedy Albertus Wallenstein ( c. 1634 – 39, printed 1639 ), based on the famous general in the Thirty Years ' War.
Bromma kyrka is one of the most distinguished Romanesque churches in the region, celebrated for a complete scheme of wallpaintings by the late medieval artist Albertus Pictor ( c. 1440-c. 1507 ).
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Albertus was born sometime between 1193 and 1206 to the Count of Bollstädt in Lauingen in Bavaria.
Albertus was educated principally at Padua, where he received instruction in Aristotle's writings.
A late account by Rudolph de Novamagia refers to Albertus ' encounter with the Blessed Virgin Mary, who convinced him to enter Holy Orders.
During this time Thomas Aquinas began to study under Albertus.
Albertus was the first to comment on virtually all of the writings of Aristotle, thus making them accessible to wider academic debate.
In 1254 Albertus was made provincial of the Dominican Order, and fulfilled the arduous duties of the office with great care and efficiency.
Albertus is frequently mentioned by Dante, who made his doctrine of free will the basis of his ethical system.
In his Divine Comedy, Dante places Albertus with his pupil Thomas Aquinas among the great lovers of wisdom ( Spiriti Sapienti ) in the Heaven of the Sun.
Albertus is also mentioned, along with Agrippa and Paracelsus, in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, in which his writings influence a young Victor Frankenstein.
Albertus was beatified in 1622.
Albertus ' writings collected in 1899 went to thirty-eight volumes.
Most modern knowledge of Aristotle was preserved and presented by Albertus.
In the centuries since his death, many stories arose about Albertus as an alchemist and magician.
However, it is true that Albertus was deeply interested in astrology, as has been articulated by scholars such as Paola Zambelli.
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* Albertus Magnus – De Adhaerendo Deo – On Cleaving to God
In the 6th century AD, Byzantine mathematician Anthemius of Tralles used a type of camera obscura in his experiments, Ibn al-Haytham ( Alhazen ) ( 965 – 1040 ) studied the camera obscura and pinhole camera, Albertus Magnus ( 1193 – 1280 ) discovered silver nitrate, and Georges Fabricius ( 1516 – 71 ) discovered silver chloride.
* 1250 – Albertus Magnus isolates the element arsenic.
* November 15 – Albertus Magnus, German theologian
Some early legends of the existence of " speaking heads " involved Gerbert of Aurillac ( d. 1003 AD ), Albertus Magnus ( 1198 – 1280 ), and Roger Bacon ( 1214 – 1294 ).
* George Albertus Cox ( 1840 – 1914 ), businessman, Senator
* 1638 – 1642 Albertus Bryne
* 1660 – 1668 Albertus Bryne
* Albertus van Raalte ( 1811 – 1876 ), preacher and founder of Holland, Michigan
* Gunnar Olsson – Albertus Pictor, church painter
Strong influences on the film were Bibi Andersson ( with whom Bergman was in a relationship 1955 – 59 ) who played the juggler's wife Mia, Picasso's picture of the two acrobats, Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, Strindberg's Folk Sagas and To Denmark, the frescoes at Haskeborga church and a painting by Albertus Pictor in Täby kyrka.
* Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz ( 1871 – 1944 ), Dutch explorer and diplomat
Thomas Aquinas ( 1225 – 1274 ), the pupil of Albertus Magnus, wrote a dozen commentaries on the works of Aristotle.
* 1478 – De Avibus by Albertus Magnus is printed, which mentions many bird names for the first time
The park is named for Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz, a Dutch explorer who passed through the area on his 1909 – 10 expedition.
* Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz ( 1871 – 1944 ), Dutch explorer and diplomat
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