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Adam, of Balsham, approximately 1100-approximately 1169

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Personal name headingAdam, of Balsham, approximately 1100-approximately 1169
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Variant(s)Adam, of Balsham, ca. 1100-ca. 1169
Adam, Balsamiensis, approximately 1100-approximately 1169
Adam, Parvipontanus, approximately 1100-approximately 1169
Adam, de Parvo Ponte, approximately 1100-approximately 1169
Adamus, Parvipontanus, approximately 1100-approximately 1169
Balsamiensis, Adamus, approximately 1100-approximately 1169
Balsamiensis Parvipontani, Adam, approximately 1100-approximately 1169
Balsham, Adam, approximately 1100-approximately 1169
Associated countryEngland France
Associated placeParis (France)
Birth date1100~
Death date1169~
Place of birthBalsham (England)
Profession or occupationLogicians
Found inAdam, of Balsham. Ars disserendi, 1956: title page (Adam Balsamiensis Parvipontani) page xiv (Adam of Balsham "Parvipontani", author of Ars disserendi)
English Wikipedia, viewed September 13, 2021 (Adam of Balsham (in Latin: Adam Balsamiensis or Adam Parvipontanus); born circa 1100/1102; died sometime between 1157 and 1169; Anglo-Norman scholastic and churchman)
Oxford dictionary of national biography, viewed online on September 13, 2021 (Balsham, Adam of; Adam de Parvo Ponte; logician; born possibly between 1100 and 1102 in Balsham, near Cambridge; about 1120 he left England for Paris; his major work, the Ars disserendi, was published in 1132; author of De utensilibus ad domum regendam; around 1146, he was a canon of Paris Cathedral; his day of death is known to be August 6, but the year is unknown; possibly between 1157 and 1169 and before 1175, when he is mentioned as no longer living; he has frequently been confused with another Master Adam ("Adam the Welshman"), who became bishop of St. Asaph and died in 1181)
Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy, viewed online on September 13, 2021 (under Insolubles. Early developments to 1320: Adam of Balsham; founder of the important logical school of the "Parvipontani" (so called because they gathered at the Petit Pont in Paris); he was active in 1132)
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