LC control no. | no2005043260 |
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Personal name heading | Richard, of Wallingford, 1292-1336 |
Variant(s) | Richard, of Wallingford, Abbot of Saint Albans Richard, von Wallingford, 1292-1336 Richardus, de Sancto Albano, 1292-1336 Richardus, de Walingfordia, 1292-1336 Richardus, Sancti Albani Abbas, 1292-1336 Richardus, Valingofordus, 1292-1336 Richardus, Walinford, 1292-1336 Richardus, Walingforde, 1292-1336 Richardus, Walynforde, 1292-1336 Richardus, Walyngforde, 1292-1336 Richardus, Walyngforth, 1292-1336 Wallingford, Richard of, 1292-1336 Wallingford, Richard von, 1292-1336 Wallingfordus, Richardus, 1292-1336 |
Biography/History note | Benedictine abbot of Saint Albans, known for his texts on astronomy and mathematics |
Located | St. Albans (England) Oxford (England) |
Birth date | 1292 |
Death date | 1336-05-23 |
Field of activity | Monasticism and religious orders Mathematics Astronomy |
Affiliation | Benedictines University of Oxford |
Found in | God's clockmaker, 2005: t.p. (Richard of Wallingford) jkt. (mathematician, 1292-1336; educated at Oxford; monk and then abbot of St. Albans) J. D. North, "Wallingford, Richard," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online), viewed on April 24, 2024 ( abbot of St Albans and astronomer; attended Oxford; wrote on trigonometry, astrological treatises, treatise on the albion, some ecclesiastical writings; worked on an astronomical clock; died on 23 May 1336) <https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23525> "Richardus, Wallingfordus," CERL Thesaurus (online), viewed on April 24, 2024 (Quadripartium de sinibus demonstratis; Engl. Mathematiker, Astronom und Abt von St. Alban; variants: Richard, von Wallingford; Richard, of Wallingford, Abbot; Richardus, Sancti Albani Abbas; Richardus, Valingofordus; Richardus, Walinford; Richardus, Walingforde; Richardus, Walynforde; Richardus, Walyngforde; Richardus, Walyngforth; Richardus, de Sancto Albano; Richardus, de Walingfordia; Wallingford, Richard of; Wallingford, Richard von; Wallingfordus, Richardus) <https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00166903> |