Theophrastus

LC control no.	n 79108364
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PA4448 PA4450
Personal name heading	Theophrastus *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Feofrast Theophrast Théophraste Theophrastos Teofrasto Theophrastus, of Eresus Θεόφραστος
Associated place	Athens (Greece)
Birth date	[-0371,-0370,-0369]
Death date	[-0287,-0286,-0285]
Place of birth	Eresos (Greece)
Field of activity	Peripatetics
Profession or occupation	Philosophers
Special note	Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found in	His Enquiry into plants ... 1916. Kapsalis, G. D. Die Typik der Situationen in den Charakteren Theophrasts und ihre Rezeption in der neugriechischen Literatur, 1982: t.p. (Theophrasts) Bochenski, J. La logique de Théophraste, 1987: CIP t.p. (Théophraste) Megalē Hellenikē enkykl. (Theophrastos) His Caratteri, c1989: t.p. (Teofrasto) Theophrastus of Eresus, sources for his life, writings, thought and influence, 1992: t.p. (Theophrastus of Eresus) p. 1 (disciple of Aristotle; b. in 372 or 371 B.C. in Eresus, on the island of Lesbos; d. in 288 or 287 B.C.) Brill's new Pauly online, 9 November 2012 (Theophrastus, Θεόφραστος, peripatetic philosopher, c. 371/0-287/6 BC; studied in Athens; pupil of Alcippus, may have studied with Plato, probably had contact with Aristotle; after Aristotle's death became head of the peripatetic school in Athens; said to have 2,000 students, including Menander and Demetrius of Phaleron)
Associated language	grc