Alcuin

(0723–0804) Theologian Kingdom of Northumbria

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Alcuin was a theologian from the Kingdom of Northumbria, best known for The rhetoric of Alcuin & Charlemagne.

Quick Facts About Alcuin

Born: November 30, 0723
Died: May 19, 0804
Nationality: Kingdom of Northumbria
Profession: Theologian
Notable works: The rhetoric of Alcuin & Charlemagne
Known for: Ars grammatica, Vita sancti Vedastis, Vita Richarii, Propositiones ad acuendos juvenes, Alcuin's sequence

About Alcuin

Alcuin of York, also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin, was an Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student of Archbishop Ecgbert at York. At the invitation of Charlemagne, he became a leading scholar and teacher at the Carolingian court, where he remained a figure in the 780s and 790s. Before that, he was also a court chancellor in Aachen. "The most learned man anywhere to be found", according to Einhard's Life of Charlemagne, he is considered among the most important intellectual architects of the Carolingian Renaissance. Among his pupils were many of the dominant intellectuals of the Carolingian era.

Biography source: Wikipedia