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* Alexander Neckam is the first European to document the mariner's compass, first documented by Shen Kuo during the previous century.
* Alexander Neckam becomes a lecturer in Paris, and writes De Natura Rerum, an early mention of chess ( approximate date ).
Another version of Romulus in Latin elegiacs was made by Alexander Neckam, born at St Albans in 1157.
Promythia and epimythia ( introductions and morals ), paraphrases, and imitations were frequent, such as the Novus Avianus of Alexander Neckam ( 12th century ).
Another version of Romulus in Latin elegiacs was made by Alexander Neckam, born at St Albans in 1157.
A very large number both of couplets and longer passages are borrowed from other writers, often from Ovid or a medieval writer, such as Alexander Neckam, Peter de Riga, Godfrey of Viterbo, or the author of Speculum Stultorum.
In his Dream Pool Essays (; Mengxi Bitan ) of 1088, Shen was the first to describe the magnetic needle compass, which would be used for navigation ( first described in Europe by Alexander Neckam in 1187 ).
By the 1100s the School had built for itself such a reputation that the famous Norman scholars Geoffrey de Gorham and Alexander Neckam applied for the post of Master.
The school also has a long scientific tradition, stretching back to the Norman era, when Alexander Neckam became master of the school.
* Alexander Neckam ( 1157 – 1217 ), scientist and teacher ( became Master of the school in later life )
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