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ALBERTUS MAGNUS (c. 1200–1280), also known as Albert the Great; German Dominican theologian and philosopher, doctor of the church, patron of natural scientists, and Christian saint. Today he is best known as the teacher of Thomas Aquinas. Born...

The beginning of animal science, or zoology, is often traced to the influential naturalist Albertus Magnus (1200-1280). After many centuries of nearly complete reliance on superstition and on the writings of respected ancient scholars, this German...

c. 1193-1280 German Natural Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian Although surpassed in philosophy and theology by his humble student, Thomas Aquinas, and perhaps also in natural science by his jealous rival, Roger Bacon, his contemporaries generally...

(Albertus Magnus; ca. 1200–1280). Now remembered as a theologian and philosopher, this teacher of Thomas Aquinas is perhaps most original in his scientific works. Albert was born into a noble family in Lauingen on the Danube, near Ulm. He studied...

(born &circa; 1200, Lauingen on the Danube, near Ulm, Bavaria—died Nov. 15, 1280, Cologne; canonized Dec. 16, 1931; feast day November 15) German cleric, theologian, and philosopher. Son of a wealthy German lord, he studied at Padua, where he...

. (Albertus Magnus) c. 1200–80. Born in Germany, he worked mainly there and in Paris (and taught AQUINAS in the 1240s). He contributed to empirical science, and was a pioneer in reconciling Greek and Arabic science and philosophy with...

c. 1200-c. 1280 German naturalist and philosopher who wrote highly detailed accounts of plants and animals in De vegetabilibus et plantis and De animalibus. He also had an impact on scientific study overall by promoting new investigation rather than...

Albertus Magnus, O.P. (b. 1193/1206 - d. November 15, 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, was a Dominican friar and priest who achieved fame for his comprehensive knowledge of and advocacy for the peaceful coexistence of...