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Robert Grosseteste (/ˈɡroʊstɛst/ GROHS-test) or Grossetete (/ˈɡroʊsteɪt/ GROHS-tayt; c. 1175 – 9 October 1253) was an English statesman scholastic philosopher theologian scientist and Bishop of Lincoln. He was born of humble parents at Stradbroke in Suffolk. A.C. Crombie calls him the real founder of the tradition of scientific thought in medieval Oxford and in some ways of the modern English intellectual tradition.

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active years end year
1253-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
1235-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth date
1170-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Suffolk
death date
1253-10-09
death place
Buckden Cambridgeshire

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