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Pietro Abano biography: 1257 - Pietro Abano was born in the Italian town from which Pietro Abano takes his name, now Abano Terme, a Town in the province of Padua, Italy.1270 - Pietro Abano quickly gained a great reputation as a ...
Isaac Abravanel biography: 1437: Isaac Abravanel was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1437. Isaac was born into a wealthy and learned family in Portugal. His father Judah was state treasurer of Portugal, and a great favorite of Alfonso V, king of Portugal.
1457: Isaac Abravanel Well versed in rabbinic literature and in the learn ...
Judah Leon Abravanel biography: 1460 - Born in Lisbon, Portugal. 1483-1492 - Judah Abravanel accompanied his father, Isaac Abravanel, when the latter went to Spain (1483), and afterward to Naples (1492). 1502 - His most important work, Dialoghi di Amore (Dialogues of Love), was written. Beside this work, Judah Leon Abrav ...
Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia biography: 1240 - Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia was born in Saragossa, Aragon. 1258 - Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia was taken by his parents to Tudela, in Navarre, where his aged father Samuel Abulafia carefully instructed him in the Bible and Talmud. 1258 - His father died, and two years later Abraham b ...
Franz Ulrich Theodosius Aepinus
Franz Ulrich Theodosius Aepinus biography: 1724 - Aespinus was born in Rostock, Saxony on December 13, 1724. 1757 - Settled in Saint Petersburg as a member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Became a tutor for the son of Empress catherine II. 1802 - Died in Dorpat on August 10, 1802. ...
Rogers Albritton biography: 1923 - Albritton was born in Columbus, Ohio. 1938 - Admitted to Swarthmore at the age of fifteen. 1948 - Received his bachelor's degree from Saint John's College Annapolis. 1949 - Worked as a teacher at Saint John's College Annapolis. 1951 - Received his master's degree at Prince ...
Anaxagoras biography: 500 BC - Born in Clazomenae, Anatolia.464 BC - 462 BC - Anaxagoras went to Athens, which was rapidly becoming the headquarters of Greek culture.434 BC - 433 BC - Anaxagoras was forced to retire from Athens to Lampsacus.428 BC - Anaxagoras died in Lampsacus, Greece, honored and respected by the whole ...
Andrew biography: British prince son of Elizabeth II ...
Lucius Apuleius Platonicus biography: 124 - Born in Madauros, Numidia near modern Mdaourouch, Algeria. Platonic philosopher, rhetorician, and author remembered for The Golden Ass, a prose narrative that proved influential long after his death. - Lucius Apuleius Platonicus studied at Carthage a ...
Aristippus biography: The founder of the Cyrenaic school, was the son of Aritadas, a merchant of Cyrene. He remained thoroughly master of himself and had the self-control to refrain or to enjoy. Greek Hedonist and Egoist philosopher. Leader of Cyreniacs First student of Socrates to charge fees for i ...